The Current Interest in Continental Drift Was Started with the Notion

question 113

Multiple Choice

The current interest in continental drift was started with the notion of sea-floor spreading, which was propounded by Hess and Dietz in the ________.

• A) 1700s
• B) 1850s
• C) 1890s
• D) 1960s
• E) 1990s

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