Ever since the continents were all mapped, people had noticed that many coastlines ... the other evidence seemed to match up: the shape of the continents, fossil evidence, matching rock types ...

The film discusses the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift ... the evidence supporting plate tectonics, such as the matching coastlines of continents and magnetic banding on the ...

In 1910, Wegener noticed the matching coastlines of ... where he put forth the idea of "continental displacement" or what later was called continental drift. The year 1912 was busy for Wegener ...

What was the evidence for Wegener’s theory? The match in shape between the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa suggests both were once part of a single continent (meaning ...