The ways by which the shape of continental coastlines and evidence of past glaciations support Wegener’s idea of continental drift.
Answer to Problem 1LC
The coasts of Africa and South America is fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces, and the glacial evidences also supports the theory by examining the glacial deposits.
Explanation of Solution
Wegener was the German meteorologist and geophysicist. Wegener postulated the presence of pangea which is a massive supercontinent. He found that the continental margins of South America and Africa are fitted together with jigsaw-puzzle.
Wegener also work with climatologist Vladimir Koppen to study the climate patterns of Earth in the past. They found the large portions of the southern continents by examining glacial deposits. India weas also extensively glaciated about 300 million years ago.
Therefore, the shape of continental coastlines and evidence of past glaciations support Wegener’s idea of continental drift.
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