Briefly Review the History of the Theory of Plate Tectonics

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Essay

Briefly review the history of the theory of plate tectonics.What was Alfred Wegener's role? What evidence did he present? Why was this theory not widely accepted initially? What new evidence led to its later acceptance?

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Definitions:

Discriminant Analysis

A statistical technique used to classify observations into predefined categories based on several predictor variables.

Multiple Regression

A statistical technique whereby several variables are used to predict one.

Analysis of Variance

A statistical method used to compare the means of three or more samples to understand if at least one of the sample means significantly differs from the others.