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Theory To Explain Seafloor Spreading Crossword Clue

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99%14Exact Match!
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• the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

34%12Theory that integrates genetics and Darwin's theory to explain how evolution occurs
noun

• a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations

33%6 Pangea broke apart due to the process of seafloor spreading and continental drift
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• (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland

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