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Walter Pitman and the Smoking Gun of Plate Tectonics
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| Date: | 2016-04-20 17:02:58 |
| Blog: | State of the Planet  |
| URL: | http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2016/04/20/walter-pitman-and-the-smoking-gun-of-plate-tectonics/ |
Summary:
“We had this magic key, this magic magnetic profile,” Pitman said. “We were able to date it and eventually use it not only as a tool that proved continental drift but a tool by which we could actually reconstruct the pattern of drift, that is the relative position of the continents, and the actual timing of the separation of the continents.”Content analysis:
Keywords:
actual timing, continental drift, continents, Earth Sciences, magic key, magic magnetic profile, Plate Tectonics, relative position, separation, Smoking Gun, tool, Walter Pitman
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