Continents Adrift: A Study of Scientific Method

Duration: 0:15:00

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Records scientific methods used to establish as theory Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that at one time all the continents were one land mass. Surveys past theories of continental drift and depicts the Navy research team's involvement in the development of the new theory. Examines paleomagnetism, sea-floor spreading, magnetism in rock, and fluctuating magnetic poles. (Use Gc1570)

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