Some early supporters of the work of this scientist were Émile Argand, who studied the Alps, and Alexander Du Toit, but his many detractors included paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson.
Some early supporters of the work of this scientist were Émile Argand, who studied the Alps, and Alexander Du Toit, but his many detractors included paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson. His theories became more popular long after his death thanks to increased data on the Wadati–Benioff [wah-DAH-tee BEH-nee-awf] zone and other parts of the ocean floor. Though much of his efforts while alive were in exploring Greenland and the jet stream, his most famous theory arose from studying books of fossil similarities in different locations and maps showing shapes of landforms. His book The Origin of Continents and Oceans contained the theory that there had once been a single giant continent. Name this early-20th-century German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift.
Some early supporters of the work of this scientist were Émile Argand, who studied the Alps, and Alexander Du Toit, but his many detractors included paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson.
Alfred Wegener [VAY-gun-ur]