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30 May, 08:26

How did magnetism 'drive' the theory of plate tectonics?

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    When Alfred Wegener proposed the idea the continents could move, other scientists scoffed ... Plate tectonics - - the concept the continents are rockplates moving on the magma underneath - - is now accepted. Magnetism is part of the evidence forplate tectonic theory.
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