how does the continental drift relate to paleogeologists?

Answer 1

Continental drift is one of the forces that shape the Earth's geology over time. For example, the Ouachita mountain range that runs through Arkansas and Oklahoma (and beneath Texas) was formed by the collision of the South American and North American plates.

Paleogeologists study geological history, so they need to understand the forces that shape geology over time. That's why continental drift relates to their work.

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Answer 2

Continental drift is the observation that the continents are not fixed on the earth but move or drift.
How this happens and why this happens is investigated in the academic field of geology.
The term continental drift has largely been replaced in geology by Plate Tectonics which is a theory on why this happens.

Have a look at the following link and see what you can find.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics

Good luck and keep up the interest ?

Answer 3

One of the many observations used by early proponents of continental drift (notably Alfred Wegener) was the fact that certain fossils discovered by paleontologists were distributed in ways which could only make sense if the continents moved. Example: mesosaurus was a dinosaur which could swim over short distances in fresh water. Paleontologists have found mesosaurus fossils in restricted regions in both South America and Africa, separated by thousands of miles of open ocean. If mesosaurus could have swum that far, we would expect to find its fossils spread much more widely over the other continents. By cutting out a map of the continents and putting them together like peices of a puzzle, the areas where mesosaurus fossils have been found line up, suggesting that long ago the continents were all touching and now they are drifting apart. There are also fossils of a fern species called glossopteris which show the same puzzling separation as the mesosaurus.

Answer 4

paleotologist study the earth, or wat ever classified, in its prehistoric times. so continental drift theory says that the earth continents are drifting apart over millions of years so thats how they relate