continental drift
91biogeographic region — Introduction area of animal and plant distribution having similar or shared characteristics throughout. It is a matter of general experience that the plants and animals of the land and inland waters differ to a greater or lesser… …
92Wegener, Alfred Lothar — ▪ German scientist born Nov. 1, 1880, Berlin, Ger. died November 1930, Greenland German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis. The son of an orphanage director,… …
93Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesis — The Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesis, also known as the Morley–Vine–Matthews hypothesis was the first key scientific test of the seafloor spreading theory of continental drift and Plate tectonics. Geophysicist Frederick John Vine and the Canadian… …
94L'Âge de glace 4 — L’Âge de glace La Dérive des continents Données clés Titre québécois L’Ère de glace : la dérive des continents Titre original Ice Age: Continental Drift Réalisation Steve Martino Michael Thurmeier Scénario Michael Berg Mike Reiss Jason Fuchs …
95Mantle (geology) — For other uses, see Mantle (disambiguation). Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. The mantle is a part of a terrestrial planet or other rocky body large enough to have differentiation by density. The interior of the Earth, similar to the other… …
96Cretaceous Period — Interval of geologic time from с 144 to 65 million years ago. During the Cretaceous the climate was warmer than today. In the seas, marine invertebrates flourished, and bony fishes evolved. On land, flowering plants arose, and insects, bees in… …
97Guinea, Gulf of — Great inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, western Central African coast. It includes the Bights of Benin and Biafra, and its major tributaries are the Casamance, Volta, and Niger rivers. Its natural resources include offshore oil deposits and metal ore… …
98Pangea — [pan jē′ə] 〚coined (1912) by A. L. Wegener (1880 1930), Ger geologist: < Gr pan, all + gē, the earth〛 the large landmass that nearly extended from pole to pole on one side of the earth during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras: it… …
99Rare Earth hypothesis — In planetary astronomy and astrobiology, the Rare Earth hypothesis argues that the emergence of complex multicellular life (metazoa) on Earth required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances. The term… …
100New Zealand — New Zealander. /zee leuhnd/ a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 3,587,275; 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Cap.: Wellington …
