To see the desired glossary, please select the language and then the field of expertise.

    Home
    • English
      • Geology
        • Search
          • Term
            • continental drift
          • Additional fields of expertise
          • Definition(s)
            • The hypothesis, proposed by Alfred Wegener, that today's continents broke off from a single supercontinent and then plowed through the ocean floors into their present positions. This explanation of the shapes and locations of Earth's current continents evolved into the theory of plate tectonics. CENGAGE Learning
          • Example sentence(s)
            • Wegener's Continental Drift theory was not readily accepted by the science community of his day. It was difficult to conceive of large continents plowing through the sea floor to move to new locations. - kids.earth.nasa.gov
            • The fossil record supports and gives credence to the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics. - enchantedlearning.com
            • According to the continental drift theory, the supercontinent Pangaea began to break up about 225-200 million years ago, eventually fragmenting into the continents as we know them today. - USGS
    Compare [close]
    • Swedish
      • Geology
        • Search
          • Term
            • Kontinentaldrift
          • Additional fields of expertise
          • Definition(s)
            • Kontinentaldrift är förflyttningen av Jordens kontinenter i förhållande till varandra. Wikipedia - by Åsa Valley
          • Example sentence(s)
            • Geofysiska metoder vidgar ständigt kunskapen om Jordens struktur och utveckling. De har bekräftat teorin om kontinentaldrift och plattektonik och de berättar om jordens inre och företeelser i yttre rymden SGU har nu kartlagt stora delar Sverige med hjälp av geofysiska metoder. - Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, SGU by Åsa Valley
            • En ny bild av jordens tidigaste historia börjar avteckna sig. Enligt en ny studie publicerad i Nature den 27 november började kontinentaldriften redan för 4 miljarder år sedan, långt tidigare än man hittills trott. - Branschnyheter/Geomatiknyheter by Åsa Valley
          • Related KudoZ question
  • Compare this term in: Serbian, Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian

The glossary compiled from Glossary-building KudoZ is made available openly under the Creative Commons "By" license (v3.0). By submitting this form, you agree to make your contribution available to others under the terms of that license.

Creative Commons License