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What major geological phenomenon did Alfred Wegener's work help form a substantial basis for?
Model of Plate Tectonics
Theory of Volcanism
Theory of Mountains Formation
Concept of Desertification
Answer
Alfred Wegener's work helped form a substantial basis for the Model of Plate Tectonics. The Model of Plate Tectonics is a theory that explains how the Earth's lithosphere, the solid outer layer of the Earth, is divided into several large plates that move around the Earth's surface. Wegener's work provided evidence for the idea that the continents had once been connected, and that they had moved apart over time.
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