thE CoAstlinEs on thE two siDEs oF thEAtlAntiC oCEAn prEsEnt A notABlE pArAllElism: thE EAstErnmost rEgion oFBrAzil, in pErnAmBuCo, hAs A ConvExity thAt CorrEsponDs Almost pErFECtly with thE ConCAvity oF thEAFriCAn gulF oF guinEA, whilE thE Contours oF thEAFriCAn CoAstlinE BEtwEEn rio DE oro AnD liBEriA woulD, By thE sAmE ApproximAtion, mAtCh thosE oF thECAriBBEAn sE
A、
similAr CorrEsponDEnCEs ArE Also oBsErvED in mAny othEr rEgions oF thE EArth. this oBsErvAtion BEgAn to AwAkEn sCiEntiFiC intErEst ABout sixty yEArs Ago, whEnAlFrED wEgEnEr, A proFEssor At thE univErsity oF hAmBurg, usED it As A BAsis For FormulAting A rEvolutionAry thEory in gEologiCAl sCiEnCE.ACCorDing to wEgEnEr, thErE wAs originAlly only onE ContinEnt or lAnDmAss, whiCh hE CAllED pAngE
A、inAsmuCh As ContinEntAl mAssEs ArE lightEr thAn tilE BAsE on whiCh thEy rEst, hE rEAsonED, thEy must FloAt on thE suBstrAtum oF ignEous roCk, known As simA, As iCE FloEs FloAt on thE sE
A、thEn why, hE AskED, might ContinEnts not BE suBjECt to DriFting thE rotAtion oF thE gloBE AnD othEr ForCEs, hE thought, hAD CAusED thE CrACking AnD, FinAlly, thE BrEAking ApArt oF thE originAl pAngEA, Along An ExtEnsivE linE rEprEsEntED toDAy By thE longituDinAl suBmErgED mountAin rAngE in thE CEntEr oF thEAtlAnti
C、whilEAFriCA sEEms to hAvE rEmAinED stAtiC, thEAmEriCAs AppArEntly DriFtED towArD thE wEst until thEy rEAChED thEir prEsEnt position AFtEr morE thAn 100 million yEArs.Although thE phEnomEnon sEEms FAntAstiC, ACCustomED As wE ArE to thE ConCEpt oF thE rigiDity AnD immoBility oF thE ContinEnts, on thE BAsis oF thE DistAnCE thAt sEpArAtEs thEm it is possiBlE to CAlCulAtE thAt thE ContinEntAl DriFt woulD hAvE BEEn no grEAtEr thAn two inChEs pEr yEAr.
simA, As DEsCriBED in this pAssAgE, is ______.
A、thE BAsiC suBstAnCE oF pAngEA
B、likE An iCE FloE
C、thE suBmErgED mountAin rAngE
D．ignEous roCk