This idea played a pivotal role in the development of the theory of plate tectonics which revolutionized geologic thought during the last quarter of the 20th century.
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Seafloor spreading theory that oceanic crust forms along submarine mountain zones and spreads out laterally away from them.
The discovery of magnetic stripes in oceanic crust and how this supports wegener s theory of continental drift or as we now know it plate tectonics.
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The mid atlantic ridge for instance separates the north american plate from the eurasian plate and the south american plate from the african plate the east pacific rise is a mid ocean ridge that runs through the eastern pacific ocean and separates the pacific plate from the north american.
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Seafloor spreading occurs along mid ocean ridges large mountain ranges rising from the ocean floor.