[1] By 1967 most scientists in geology accepted the theory of plate tectonics.
[2] The root of this was Alfred Wegener's 1912 publication of his theory of continental drift, which was a controversy in the field through the 1950s.
[2] At that point scientists introduced new evidence in a new way, replacing the idea of continental drift with instead a theory of plate tectonics.
[2] The acceptance of this theory brought scientific and cultural change which commentators called the "Plate Tectonics Revolution".
[4] Publications in generations after the event reflected on how the Plate Tectonics Revolution was an early example of data science.