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Crispy Crust
1997
Explore the anatomy of the planet at this site, which describes the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift. Alfred Wegener, a meteorologist, in 1912 suggested that the continents were not fixed and immobile, as previously thought, but could move. This movement gives rise to earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
