THE theory that the continents have shifted their positions ... the difficulty of adducing a force adequate to bring about the movements. Many years ago Osmond Fisher (“Physics of the Earth's ...
Photo: Harry Hess argues that the continents had once been one ... plus the understanding that plates' movement caused earthquakes, Alfred Wegener's idea of "continental drift" looked less ...
What ultimately formed Mt. Everest, about 60 million years ago, was the rapid movement of India northward toward the continent of EuroAsia; Click here for a present-day map of the Indian subcontinent.