Crazy Meteorologist Makes Plate Tectonic Theory
Well Crazy is what most of the scientific community said to Alfred Wegener as he gave his theory on continental shift. His theory was that about 200 million years ago the continents as we know them now were joined together and formed a super continent he called Pangaea. Take a journey back in time with me say 200 million years ago, you are standing in whats now known as South America and I am standing on what today would be the west coast of Africa but 200 million years ago it was the same land back then. He did not now exactly how the continents were shifted but he had plenty of evidence to back it up.
Like a puzzle he noted south America and Africa look liked they once were joined together. Geologist then went and found same rock types that were both in Africa and South America. The scientist then researched fossil records from both areas and found similarities. Though not very liked by the older scientists Alfred Wegener is a true revolutionary in the field of geology. As science progresses we find more evidence every day that Alfred was was the true pioneer in the development of plate tectonic theory. To learn more about plate tectonics check this out