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Did scientists accept wegeners theory? why or why not?

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No, scientists did not accept Wegener's theory

Step-by-step explanation:

In a book titled; "The Origin of Continents and Oceans", published in 1915, Wegener introduced his ideas about the theory of continental drift.

According to his idea, "all the continents were once joined together in an "Urkontinent" before breaking up and drifting to their current positions"(live science).

Though some of his ideas were correct, some of them were also quite wrong. Scientists rejected his idea because he did not detail any mechanism by which the continental drift occurs.

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