Explain Why Wegner's Use of Shorelines to Match Continents in His

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Essay

Explain why Wegner's use of shorelines to match continents in his reconstruction of Pangaea was criticized by other geoscientists and how that issue was subsequently resolved in Plate Tectonic Theory.

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