SMS 100 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Notes
2 Nov 2016
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Continental drift: theory that all the continents were once together, but they drifted away, and are still slowly drifting away. Francis beacon: philosopher who speculated on continental drift in 1620. Abraham ortelius: flemish cartographer: recognized the fit of the continents together, proposed the movement of them. Edward suess: british geologist: spent much of his career studying the history of the alps. Proposed that europe and north africa were once connected, but separated by an ancient ocean. Isostasy: the tendency of continental crust to float on a fluid like layer beneath it. Gondwana-land: name given by edward suess to the southern hemisphere super continent. Antonio snider-pellegrini: published a book, la creation et ses mysteres devoiles (creation and its mysteries unveiled). Speculated the africa and europe were once connected to the americas. Frank bursley taylor: in 1910, published a book proposing the actual movement of the continents. Howard b. baker: in 1911, proposed there use to be a supercontinent, which broke apart.
