Stephen Jay Gould, for example, argues that continental drift theory was rejected because it did not explain how continents could move through an apparently solid oceanic floor.
例如，斯蒂芬·杰伊·古尔德认为，大陆漂移理论之所以被否决，是因为它没有解释大陆是如何穿过明显很坚固的海底的。
Wegener proposed the continental drift theory.
魏格纳提出了大陆漂移说
In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed, in a widely debated theory that came to be called continental drift, 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。
The Theory of Continental Drift 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。
Oreskes, Naomi. The Rejection of Continental Drift: Theory and Method in American Earth Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0195117336.
内奥米。《反对大陆漂移：美国地球科学中的学说和方法》。纽约：牛津大学出版社，1999。ISBN：0195117336。
Oreskes, Naomi. The Rejection of Continental Drift: Theory and Method in American Earth Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0195117336.
内奥米。《反对大陆漂移：美国地球科学中的学说和方法》。纽约：牛津大学出版社，1999。ISBN：0195117336。
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