S. Warren Carey

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S. Warren Carey

Australian geologist

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plate tectonics
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In 1958 the Australian geologist S. Warren Carey proposed a rival model, known as the expanding Earth model. Carey accepted the existence and early Mesozoic breakup of Pangea and the subsequent dispersal of its fragments and formation of new ocean basins, but he attributed it all to the expansion of…
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In 1958 the Australian geologist S. Warren Carey proposed a rival model, known as the expanding Earth model. Carey accepted the existence and early Mesozoic breakup of Pangea and the subsequent dispersal of its fragments and formation of new ocean basins, but he attributed it all to the expansion of…
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