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Meteorologist Alfred Wegener

Harry Hammond Hess was a United States Navy officer and geologist born in 1906 in New York City. He is considered one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics, which proposes that sections of the Earth's crust move atop a liquid core, as supported by evidence in the fossil record. In 1915, the theory of continental drift was first proposed by German geologist Alfred Wegener.

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Meteorologist Alfred Wegener

Harry Hammond Hess was a United States Navy officer and geologist born in 1906 in New York City. He is considered one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics, which proposes that sections of the Earth's crust move atop a liquid core, as supported by evidence in the fossil record. In 1915, the theory of continental drift was first proposed by German geologist Alfred Wegener.

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Harry HammondHess.

Harry HammondHess(May 24, 1906


August 25, 1969) was a geologist and a United States Navy officer
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