Drifting Apart: New Study Explains the Driving Force Behind Continental Drift

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The separation of the African and South American continents, called the “South Atlantic breakup” gave rise to the famous continental drift hypothesis. However, the exact driving forces behind the drift have remained unclear. Now, researchers from China have put forth a new drift model that successfully explains observations with gravitational slip of the continental crust as the driving force. Read more about their findings in the Earth Science Frontiers journal.
DOI: doi.org/10.137...