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German translation: Kontinentaldrift, Kontinentalverschiebung


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English term or phrase:continental drift
German translation:Kontinentaldrift, Kontinentalverschiebung
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English term or phrase: continental drift
Definition from CENGAGE Learning:
The hypothesis, proposed by Alfred Wegener, that today's continents broke off from a single supercontinent and then plowed through the ocean floors into their present positions. This explanation of the shapes and locations of Earth's current continents evolved into the theory of plate tectonics.

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  • Wegener's Continental Drift theory was not readily accepted by the science community of his day. It was difficult to conceive of large continents plowing through the sea floor to move to new locations. kids.earth.nasa.gov
  • The fossil record supports and gives credence to the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics. enchantedlearning.com
  • According to the continental drift theory, the supercontinent Pangaea began to break up about 225-200 million years ago, eventually fragmenting into the continents as we know them today. USGS
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Kontinentaldrift, Kontinentalverschiebung
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Die Theorie der Kontinentaldrift, auch Kontinentalverschiebung genannt, beschreibt die langsame Bewegung, Vereinigung und Aufspaltung von Kontinenten.
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4 +3Kontinentaldrift, Kontinentalverschiebungtradewind77
5 -1Theorie der KontinentaldriftBalzerina
5 -2Kontinentaldrift, Plattentektonik
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Kontinentaldrift, Plattentektonik


Definition from Wikipdia:
Die Theorie der Kontinentaldrift, auch Kontinentalverschiebung genannt, beschreibt die langsame Bewegung, Vereinigung und Aufspaltung von Kontinenten.

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  • http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontinentaldrift - Wikipedia  
Christine Volpert
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

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No  Gerhard Hofmann: nicht Plattentektonik
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No  Kay Barbara: mit Gerhard
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Kontinentaldrift, Kontinentalverschiebung


Definition from Wikipedia:
Die Theorie der Kontinentaldrift, auch Kontinentalverschiebung genannt, beschreibt die langsame Bewegung, Vereinigung und Aufspaltung von Kontinenten.

Example sentence(s):
  • Der offensichtlichste und daher am frühesten erkannte Hinweis auf die Kontinentaldrift ist die Ähnlichkeit im Verlauf der Westküste Afrikas und der Ostküste Südamerikas. - Wikipedia  
  • Die Theorie der Kontinentalverschiebung wurde deshalb früher in Amerika auch als „Taylor-Wegenersche Theorie“ bezeichnet, wobei Taylor später zu einem von Wegeners ersten Anhängern wurde. - Wikidedia  
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Theorie der Kontinentaldrift


Definition from own experience or research:
Wegener vertrat die Theorie der Kontinentaldrift im Zusammenhang mit der Plattentektonik.

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Balzerina
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No  Kay Barbara: Gesucht wird "continental drift" daher gehört "Theorie" hier nicht her. Zudem entstand die Theorie der Plattentektonik erst ca. 50 Jahre nach Wegeners Theorie (~30 Jahre nach seinem Tod) und aus dieser.
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