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Aleš Špičák:
Significance of the continental drift theory of Alfred Wegener

Abstract

The article reminds an origin of the theory and its basic importance for hypothesis of plate tectonics formulated in 1960s and creating till today universal theory in Earth Sciences.

Language: czech

Keywords: Alfred Wegener; continental drift; plate tectonics; history of the Earth Sciences

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