continental drift
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continental drift
Geology the theory that the earth's continents move gradually over the surface of the planet on a substratum of magma. The present-day configuration of the continents is thought to be the result of the fragmentation of a single landmass, Pangaea, that existed 200 million years ago
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continental drift
[¦känt·ən¦ent·əl ′drift] (geology)
The concept of continent formation by the fragmentation and movement of land masses on the surface of the earth. Also known as continental displacement.
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continental drift
In 1980 David Turner remarked that KRC ran "at the speed
of the continental drift".
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