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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The hypothesis that the continents had once formed a single landmass before breaking apart and drifting to their present locations.  2, record 1, English, - continental%20drift%20theory

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The hypothesis of continental drift was largely developed by the German Alfred L. Wegener, a lecturer in astronomy and meteorology, who suggested that the Earth's continents had at one time been joined in two supercontinents. In the year 1912, Wegener made the proposal that all the continents were previously one large continent, but then broke apart, and had drifted through the ocean floor to where they are now located.  3, record 1, English, - continental%20drift%20theory

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The terms "drift theory" and "displacement theory" are the current shortened forms used implicitly to mean the "theory of continental drift", or "continental displacement theory".  9, record 1, English, - continental%20drift%20theory

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displacement theory; Wegener hypothesis: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  9, record 1, English, - continental%20drift%20theory

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Théorie exposée par Wegener en 1912 [qui] suppose que les continents forment des radeaux de «Sial» de faible densité flottant sur le «Sima» plus dense et visqueux.  5, record 1, French, - th%C3%A9orie%20de%20la%20d%C3%A9rive%20continentale

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Le terme «théorie de la dérive» est la forme abrégée utilisée couramment de façon implicite pour désigner la «théorie de la dérive continentale» ou «théorie de la dérive des continents».  6, record 1, French, - th%C3%A9orie%20de%20la%20d%C3%A9rive%20continentale

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

That theory of the origin of coal which holds that the plant matter constituting coal was washed from its original place of growth and deposited in another locality where coalification then came about.  2, record 2, English, - drift%20theory

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As opposed to "in situ origin theory."  3, record 2, English, - drift%20theory

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] [les] débris végétaux qui ont évolué en charbon [...] provenaient [...] de forêts plus lointaines dont les produits étaient apportés par les eaux fluviales (théorie allochtone).  4, record 2, French, - th%C3%A9orie%20de%20la%20formation%20par%20transport

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Le mécanisme de la formation de la houille conduit à deux hypothèses différentes : ou bien les végétaux, arrachés par les cours d'eau et transportés par les courants marins, sont allés s'engloutir loin de leur lieu d'origine (théorie de la formation par transport ou allochtone); ou bien les fonds lagunaires et marécageux s'enfonçant lentement et par à-coups, les forêts qui les bordaient se sont enfouies et décomposées sur place (théorie de la formation autochtone).  1, record 2, French, - th%C3%A9orie%20de%20la%20formation%20par%20transport

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Théorie allochtone (de la formation du charbon).  5, record 2, French, - th%C3%A9orie%20de%20la%20formation%20par%20transport

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish