alleryWhich field examines how continents were distributed through geologic time?
AOceanography
BPalaeogeography
CClimatology
DSoil geography
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Palaeogeography
1. Palaeogeography examines the stratigraphic record to find where continents lay through geologic time.
2. Its evidence includes fossils and paleomagnetism.
3. The other fields study seas, climate and soils.
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