Alfred Wegener included all of the following lines of evidence as supporting his "continental drift" hypothesis except one. Which was NOT part of Wegener's evidence?

a. the geometrical fit between South America and Africa
b. late Paleozoic glacier features
c. stripes of reverse magnetism on either side of oceanic rides
d. similar fossils on widely separated continents


stripes of reverse magnetism on either side of oceanic rides

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What ideas brought a renewed interest to the idea of continental drift?

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