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Alfred wegener discovered that there are similar mountain ranges on both sides of the atlantic ocean. an example of this is the appalachian mountains that disappear off the coast of newfoundland and the mountains that are found in the british isles. these mountain ranges are similar in age and composition. this information helped alfred wegener form his theory of?

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the above information helped alfred wegener form his theory ofidea of continental drift.

alfred wegener made significant contributions to meteorology and was a forerunner in polar research during his lifetime, but now he is most known for proposing the continental drift concept in 1912, which states that the continents are slowly migrating around the Earth (German: Kontinentalverschiebung). Prior to the 1950s, when several discoveries like palaeomagnetism offered strong evidence for continental drift and subsequently a significant foundation for the current concept of plate tectonics, his hypothesis was contentious and widely disregarded by mainstream geology.  Before the jet stream's existence was acknowledged, Wegener participated in a number of missions to Greenland to research polar air circulation.

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