EESA06H3 Lecture : Lecture 02 Notes Plant earth.docx
6 Apr 2013
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Francis bacon ( 1561-1626) - noticed that all the continents across the atlantic fit together and first noticed in 1620. Ott hilgenberg ( 1886-1976 ) - thought that the earth was getting bigger ( vom wachsenden erdball ) Inconsistency 2 - glacial evidence - where ice was before, it"s not there now. Inconsistency 3 - fossil evidence ( eduard suess ) - animals ( fossils ) were found in other parts of the countries where it didn"t belong , resulting finding fossils that were in africa to be in south. Inconsistency 4 - narrow mountain belts restricted to continental margins - mountain belts were on the edges on continental margins. Isostasy - a floating body replaces as much volume as corresponds to its weight. Force balance - weight is balanced by buoyancy. Blocks of same weight but different densities have same volume below water. Blocks of same density buy different height have same proportions above and below water.
