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continental drift
A theory first rigorously formulated by Alfred Wegener, later amplifed by du Toit, to explain a number of geological and paleontological phenomena. It suggests that originally the land on Earth composed a single vast continent, Pangea, which broke up. Continental drift is now recognized to be a consequence of the theory of plate tectonics.
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