Running Head: GEOLOGYAlfred Wegener`s Continental Drift TheoryName:Institution:Course:Tutor:Date:Alfred Wegener`s Continental Drift TheoryIn 1912, Wegener was intrigued by the presence of identical fossils in the opposite sides of continent. This made him try to prove that these continents must have at one time of their history been close to each other. He explained this through his continental drift theory. However, he faced a lot of opposition from scientists due to his lack of clarification as to how the continents could have moved. In his view, Wegener asserted that the continents drifted as a result of tidal and centrifugal forces which were acting on ...