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Alfred Lothar Wegener: Moving continents http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/wegener.html Endeavored to prove by scientific methods that Africa and South America were once joined. Includes biography and information about the final trip to Greenland. Alfred Wegener http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/wegener.html Brief biography and description of work from the University of California Museum of Paleontology. On the Shoulders of Giants: Alfred Wegener http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Giants/Wegener/ Profile of Wegener, his theory of continental drift, and the derision that it once inspired. Plate Tectonics: The Rock History of an Idea http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/techist.html Explains the early observation of the similar coastlines and undersea continental shelves and how this led to the development of theory of a an ancient single land mass. Discusses early contributors to the field like Alfred Wegener. Wegener, Alfred http://pangaea.org/wegener.htm A pioneer in plate tectonics, who used reason and scientific method to prove a theory that Africa and South America was once one continent. Page includes information about aeronautical research, facing the critics and final acceptance of this visionary's work.

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