Continental drift Continental drift Continental drift is the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean bed. The speculation that continents might have 'drifted' was first put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596. The concept was independently and more fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912, but his theory was rejected by many for lack of any motive mechanism. Arthur Holmes later proposed mantle convection for that mechanism. The idea of continental drift has since been subsumed by the theory of plate tectonics, which explains that the continents
The Drift of new material since 1995's "Tilt", "The Drift" forms the second installment of the "trilogy" that concluded with 2012's "Bish Bosch." In the years between "Tilt" and "The Drift", Walker's released output comprised a few instrumental tracks on the soundtrack to the film "Pola X", a cover of Bob Dylan's "I Threw It All Away" on the "To Have and to Hold" soundtrack, and "Only Myself to Blame" from "The World Is Not Enough" soundtrack, as well as a few compilations of previously released material, including the retrospective box set "5 Easy Pieces". "The Drift" has been cited by many