The history of geology once witnessed one of the most heated debates of the 20th century when Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift was dismissed as an unfounded joke. It took decades for the accidental discovery of symmetrical magnetic stripes on the ocean floor by Fred Vine and Drummond Matthews to truly “turn the tide,” establishing the theory of plate tectonics as truth. The reading passage An Earth Shaking Discovery will take you back in time to explore this historical milestone, while also tackling valuable exercise types found in the IELTS Reading test. Join ECE as we analyze and decipher this reading passage!

Reading Passage

An Earth Shaking Discovery

The discovery of seafloor spreading is earth-shaking, yet those responsible are forgotten, says Anna Grayson.

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