Alfred Wegener, being a meteorologist, had proposed tidal forces and pole flight force as the main driving mechanisms behind continental drift; however, these forces were considered far too small to cause continental motion as the concept then was of continents plowing through oceanic crust.
Alfred Wegener, being a meteorologist, had proposed tidal forces as the main driving mechanisms behind continental drift. Alfred Wegener, being a meteorologist, had proposed pole flight force as the main driving mechanisms behind continental drift. These forces were considered far too small to cause continental motion as the concept then was of continents. This was however. This continents was plowing through oceanic crust.