Who was the german meteorologist who pioneered the theory of continental drift and plate tectonics?
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Wegener Alfred Wegener Alfred Lothar Wegener
Alfred Wegener
german meteorologist who pioneered the theory of continental drift and plate tectonics
Alfred Wegener List of geologists List of geophysicists Continental drift Milutin Milanković William Morris Davis History of geology History of research ships Physical geography List of German inventors and discoverers
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a <b>German</b> polar researcher, geophysicist and 
<b>meteorologist</b>. During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in 
<b>meteorology</b> and as a pioneer of polar research, but today he is most 
remembered as the originator of the <b>theory of continental drift</b> by hypothesizing in 
1912 that ... drift, and thereby a substantial basis for today&#39;s model of <b>plate</b> 
<b>tectonics</b>. A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology. Geologists are also known 
as earth ... Bauer) (1494–1555), <b>German</b> naturalist and &#39;Father of Mineralogy&#39;, 
author of De ... California, American geophysicist, marine geologist, <b>plate</b> 
<b>tectonics</b> specialist ... Canadian, used paleomagnetism to support <b>continental</b> 
<b>drift theory</b>&nbsp;... This is a list of geophysicists, people who made notable contributions to 
geophysics, whether or ... Gerhard Fanselau (<b>German</b>, 1904–1982) – 
geomagnetic observations ... Alfred Wegener (<b>German</b>, 1880–1930) – developed 
<b>theory of continental drift</b> &middot; Frank ... Zhang Heng (Chinese, 78–139) – <b>invented</b> 
the first seismoscope&nbsp;... <b>Continental drift</b> is the <b>theory</b> that the Earth&#39;s continents have moved over 
geologic time relative ... Alfred Wegener first presented his hypothesis to the 
<b>German</b> Geological Society on 6 January 1912. ... The <b>theory</b> of <b>plate tectonics</b> 
explains all this, including the movement of the continents, better than Wegener&#39;s 
<b>theory</b>. Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, 
geophysicist, civil ... Conversations with Wegener, the author of <b>continental drift</b> 
<b>theory</b>, got ... of the <b>theories of continental drift</b> and its transformation into <b>plate</b> 
<b>tectonics</b> in the ... During the <b>German</b> occupation of Serbia from 1941 to 1944, 
Milanković&nbsp;... William Morris Davis (February 12, 1850 – February 5, 1934) was an American 
geographer, geologist, geomorphologist, and <b>meteorologist</b> ... Though his legacy 
lives on in geomorphology, he also advanced <b>theories</b> of scientific racism ... more 
compatible and even complementary since the advent of modern <b>tectonic theory</b>. The history of geology is concerned with the development of the natural science 
of geology. ... He observed the composition of the land and formulated a <b>theory</b> 
where the Earth changes at a slow rate and ... explanation as to the formation of 
mountains; <b>Plate Tectonics</b> built on the <b>theory of continental drift</b>. ... <b>Meteorology</b>. The research ship had origins in the early voyages of exploration. By the time of 
James Cook&#39;s ... <b>Germany</b> built the expedition ship Gauss for 1.5 million marks at 
the ... In addition, a geologist, a <b>meteorologist</b>, an oceanographer and a zoologist 
shared ... <b>continental drift theory</b> and subsequent development of <b>plate tectonics</b>. Physical geography is one of the two major fields of geography. Physical 
geography is the ... <b>Meteorology</b> is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the 
atmosphere that ... has resulted in evidence for <b>continental drift</b>, <b>plate tectonics</b>, 
and supercontinents. ... The field was largely funded by the <b>German</b> geographer 
Carl Troll. This is a list of <b>German</b> inventors and discoverers. The following list comprises 
people from ... Ernst Abbe: <b>Invented</b> the first refractometer, and many other 
devices. ... a camera with an internal roller blind shutter mechanism, just in front 
of the photographic <b>plate</b>. ... Carl von Clausewitz: The father of modern military 
<b>theory</b>.
Wegener
Alfred Wegener