1. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed, in a widely debated theory that came to be called continentaldrift, that Earth's continents were mobile.
1912年，阿尔弗雷德·魏格纳在一个被称为“大陆漂移”的理论中提出，地球上的大陆是可移动的。
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2. Earth's internal heat, fueled by radioactivity, provides the energy for plate tectonics and continentaldrift, mountain building, and earthquakes.
地球内部因放射而产生的热量为板块运动、大陆漂移、造山运动和地震提供了能量。
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3. Stephen Jay Gould, for example, argues that continentaldrift theory was rejected because it did not explain how continents could move through an apparently solid oceanic floor.
5. By 1946, however, the battle over continentaldrift was in full swing.
然而，到1946年，对大陆漂移说的战斗进行得如火如荼。
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6. Why this elaborate analogy with plate tectonics and continentaldrift?
为什么要煞费苦心地拿板块学说和大陆漂移来进行类比？
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7. A few writers have suggested that perhaps continentaldrift causes polar wandering.
一些作家已经提议也许大陆漂移引起两极漫游。
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8. Massive segments or plates of the crust move over the mantle in the process of continentaldrift.
大陆漂移雕塑了地壳的外观，使现在大陆形成。
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9. ContinentalDrift has had a long and turbulent history since it was first proposed by Alfred Wagener in 1910.
大陆漂移理论自阿尔弗雷德·魏格纳在1910年首先提出之后，经历了一段漫长和混乱的历史。
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10. The Theory of ContinentalDrift has had a long and turbulent history since it was first proposed by Alfred Wagener in 1910.
大陆漂移理论自阿尔弗雷德·魏格纳在1910年首先提出之后，经历了一段漫长和混乱的历史。
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11. The scientists didn't accept the hypothesis of continentaldrift until almost identical fossils of animals were found both on Africa and South America.
直到在非洲和南美洲发现了几乎完全同类的动物化石，科学家们才接受了大陆漂移假说。
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12. Oreskes, Naomi. The Rejection of ContinentalDrift: Theory and Method in American Earth Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0195117336.
