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The controversy within the earth sciences over the hypothesis of continental drift has been unusually protracted. Here Professor Vine reviews the history of the debate as recorded in the pages of Nature.
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Vine, F. The continental drift debate. Nature 266, 19–22 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/266019a0
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