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Alfred Lothar Wegener: Moving continents

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/wegener.html

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This background information on Alfred Wegener discusses his idea of continental drift. It explains how he came to the conclusion that the continents split apart as outlined in his 1915 book The Origin of Continents and Oceans. The site also provides information about his death in 1930 only a year after the final revision of his book.

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DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-005-381

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National Science Education Standards (NSES):
- 5-8:
  - A - Science as inquiry:
    - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    - Understanding about scientific inquiry
  - D - Earth and space science:
    - Earth's history
    - Structure of the earth system
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This resource is referenced by 'This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics'

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

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Publisher: United States Geological Survey

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