Our earth is turning into a water world. scientist.ponmudi
Chapter - One The story of the plate tectonic theory. The development of the plate tectonic theory from the continental drift theory. (People who are familiar with the theory can directly go to the second chapter) The fossils of a land lived animal called as ''mesosaurus'' was found on the South American continent as well as on the African continent which has been separated by the wide Atlantic Ocean.(fig-1) on this findings Dr.Alfred wegener a meteorologist from German,argued that a land dwelled animal definitely can cross the wide ocean therefore the presence of the fossils of mesosaurus on the South American and the African continent indicate that the two continents were once joined with each other and later separated and moved to the present position. Further to state,Wegener altered the world map by setting the regions adjacently where the fossils of plants and animals, which could have grown or lived similar climate condition, were discovered.(fig-2) On the
