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English term or phrase:
continental drift
Spanish translation:
desplazamiento o deriva continental
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English term
continental drift
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Geology
Definition from
CENGAGE Learning:
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.
Example sentences:
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)
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desplazamiento o deriva continental
Definition from
Wikipedia:
La expresión deriva continental tiene dos significados posibles, refiriéndose el primero inadecuadamente al desplazamiento de las masas continentales, que no puede describirse propiamente como deriva, y designando el segundo a la teoría que el alemán Alfred Wegener desarrolló en las primeras décadas del siglo XX para intentar explicar ese fenómeno, que él identificó a partir de diversas observaciones empíricas.
Example sentences:
La expresión deriva continental tiene dos significados posibles, refiriéndose el primero inadecuadamente al desplazamiento de las masas continentales, que no puede describirse propiamente como deriva, y designando el segundo a la teoría que el alemán Alfred Wegener desarrolló en las primeras décadas del siglo XX para intentar explicar ese fenómeno, que él identificó a partir de diversas observaciones empíricas. (Wikipedia)
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