Science Theory Plate Tectonics

  • Abraham Ortelius

    Abraham Ortelius
    Looked carefully to the coasts of three continents that fit together like a puzzle
  • Alfred Wegener

    Alfred Wegener
    Continental drift theory that proposed that continents had once joined and over time had drifted apart
  • Arthur Holmes

    Arthur Holmes
    Continents drifted from the super continent or pangae to where they are now
  • Frederick Jhon Vine

    Frederick Jhon Vine
    Believed of sea floor spreading where the ocean belt acts like a conveyer belt moving away from the central ridge
  • Drummond Hoyle Matthews

    Drummond Hoyle Matthews
    Earths magnetic field had reversed in polarity repatedly overtime
  • Lawrence Morley

    Lawrence Morley
    Plate tectonics make up the earths crust
  • Harry Hess

    Harry Hess
    Seafloor spreading occured from mid ocean ridges