Plate Tectonics Theory: Timeline 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyPlate tectonicsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: OctaviaLCreated on: 30-05-16 20:05 Francis Bacon 1660. Noticed matching coastlines of Africa and South America. 1 of 7 Snider Created a map showing Africa and South America joined together. He theorised the broke apart during Noah's flood. 2 of 7 Edward Suess Noticed rock structures on either side of Atlantic were very similar. Explained this by the collapse of the continent Atlantis. 3 of 7 Taylor 1910. Proposed a 'mighty creeping movement' of Earth's crust and continental collisions to form mountain ranges such as the Himalayas. 4 of 7 Alfred Wegener 1912. 'Father of continental drift'. Proposed his theory of continental drift in his book 'The Origins of Continents and Oceans' published in 1915. 5 of 7 Runcorn et al. 1956. Discovered paleomagnetism. 6 of 7 Harry Hess and Robert Dietz 1962. Explained continental drift in terms of sea-floor spreading. 7 of 7
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