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But no other theory can explain so much. Continental drift is without a cause or a physical theory. It has never been applied to any but the last part of geological time.
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If the continents have moved, then they have drifted like rafts and formed the ocean floors in their wake. It is to this wake that we should look first.
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Born:
October 24, 1908
Died:
April 15, 1993
(aged 84)
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John Tuzo Wilson was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics.
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