Argand, E.

Japanese: アルガン,E. - あるがん
Argand, E.

…He also attempted model experiments of continental drift. The application of the continental drift theory to mountain building theory was promoted by the Swiss Émile Argand (1879-1940). He opposed the Earth's contraction theory for the origin of folded mountains, and argued that deformation of the Earth's crust results from the horizontal movement of the continents. …

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Japanese:

…また,大陸移動のモデル実験を試みている。 大陸移動説の造山論への応用はスイスのアルガンÉmile Argand(1879‐1940)によって推進された。彼は褶曲山脈の成因に対する地球収縮説に反対し,地殻の変形は大陸の水平運動から生じると主張した。…

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