GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Alfred Wegener: The Father of Continental Drift.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alfred Wegener, in full Alfred Lothar Wegener, (born November 1, 1880, Berlin, Germany-died November 1930, Greenland), German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wegener was a German meteorologist, geophysicist and polar researcher. In 1915 he published ‘The Origin of Continents and Oceans’, which outlined his theory of Continental Drift.

Detailed explanation-4: -The theory of continental drift is most associated with the scientist Alfred Wegener. In the early 20th century, Wegener published a paper explaining his theory that the continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth, sometimes plowing through oceans and into each other.

Detailed explanation-5: -The realization that Earth’s land masses move was first proposed by Alfred Wegener, which he called continental drift.