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Abraham Ortelius Theory
Suggested that all of the land masses in the world were once joined together!. -
Nicolaus steno Theory
rock layers in the mountains of italy.This is called law of superposition. -
James Hutton Theory
Uniformation princeple:one body of rock cuts through another one. -
Alfred Lothar Wegener Theory
Geological mechanism to explain how the continents could drift across the Earth's surface. -
Arthur Holmes Theory
predicted that convection currents within the Earth's mantle are driven by radioactive heat that might furnish the mechanism for the continental drift theory. -
Harry Hess Theory
Idea that the seafloor itself moves and carries continents with it, as it expands from a central point. -
Dan Mckenze Theory
Plate tectonics combination of the continental drift theory and sealoor spreading.
