A new forerunner for continental drift
Abstract
Abraham Ortelius suggested the basic elements of the continental drift theory in 1596, thus antedating by more than 150 years other writers credited with early formulations of the theory.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- February 1994
- DOI:
- 10.1038/367407a0
- Bibcode:
- 1994Natur.367..407R