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- wilson Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
- pangaea (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
- pangea (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
- continental drift the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)
- gondwanaland a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica
- john tuzo wilson Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
- laurasia a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia