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continental drift
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Continental drift (arrows indicate the directions of motion of the landmasses) A. Proposed reconstruction of the supercontinent Pangaea indicating the major present landmasses B. Proposed recon...Pangaea
(Encyclopedia)Pangaea: see continental drift. ...drift
(Encyclopedia)drift, deposit of mixed clay, gravel, sand, and boulders transported and laid down by glaciers. Stratified, or glaciofluvial, drift is carried by waters flowing from the melting ice of a glacier. The ...Laurasia
(Encyclopedia)Laurasia lôrāzhˈə [key]: see continental drift. ...Gondwanaland
(Encyclopedia)Gondwanaland gŏndˌwäˈnəlăndˌ [key]: see continental drift. ...Transantarctic Mountains
(Encyclopedia)Transantarctic Mountains, mountain chain stretching across Antarctica from Victoria Land to Coats Land; separating the E Antarctic and W Antarctic subcontinents. Mt. Markham (14,275 ft/4,351 m high), ...Wegener, Alfred Lothar
(Encyclopedia)Wegener, Alfred Lothar älˈfrĕt lōtärˈ vĕgˈənər [key], 1880–1930, German geologist, meteorologist, and Arctic explorer. Early in his life, he was on the staff of the aeronautical observator...Suess, Eduard
(Encyclopedia)Suess, Eduard āˈdo͞oärt züs [key], 1831–1914, Austrian geologist, b. London. He was a professor (1857–1901) at the Univ. of Vienna and served for more than 20 years in the Austrian parliament...moraine
(Encyclopedia)moraine mərānˈ [key], a formation composed of unsorted and unbedded rock and soil debris called till, which was deposited by a glacier. The till that falls on the sides of a valley glacier from the...paleomagnetism
(Encyclopedia)paleomagnetism, study of the intensity and orientation of the earth's magnetic field as preserved in the magnetic orientation of certain minerals found in rocks formed throughout geologic time. Paleom...Browse by Subject
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