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What is the principal reason why Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift was rejected? What will be an ideal response?

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What is the reason that the presence of Glossopteris flora fossils was strong evidence for the existence
  of Gondwana? What will be an ideal response?



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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Wegener lacked a plausible mechanism to explain how continental crust could move through the sea
floor.



Answer to Question 2

The seeds of the Glossopteris ferns could not have been carried long distances by wind or water, so the
plants must have lived on adjacent lands.



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