Wegener, Alfred,  1880-1930 <br/><br/>
Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Entstehung_der_Kontinente_und_Ozeane  Release date is 2014-04-23 
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<br/><br/> "Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane" by Alfred Wegener is a scientific work first published in 1915. It presents the theory now known as continental drift, proposing that continents slowly move across Earth's surface. Wegener explains how oceans and landforms developed through this drift, suggesting that mountain ranges form from colliding continents—a revolutionary idea that challenged the prevailing belief that mountains resulted from ancient folding of Earth's crust. This work laid the groundwork for modern plate tectonics theory. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Ocean Continental drift Continents Geology, Structural 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GB  QE