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What are some features of the ocean floor that provide evidence for plate tectonics?
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they found fossils
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What geographical features provide evidence for plate tectonics?
Mountains, Valleys, Sea Floor Spreading, Trenches in the Ocean!
What is responsible for the formation of ocean-floor features?
Plate tectonics and (river) erosion are responsible for the formation of ocean-floor features.
What is responsible for the formation of ocean floor features?
Plate tectonics and (river) erosion are responsible for the formation of ocean-floor features.
How do the features of the ocean floor help support the theory of plate tectonics?
The mid-atlantic ridge is a good example
What was the new evidence that was discovered that supported the theory of plate tectonics and when was it discovered?
In the 1950's a research team that was mapping the ocean floor discovered strange features around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that indicated the ridge was seismologically active. Further mapping indicated that all of Earth's oceans had similar ridge systems, supporting the theory of plate tectonics the spreading of the sea floor
Why are magnet patterns important evidence for plate tectonics?
magnetic rocks on the ocean floor show that the Earths magnetic field has been frequently reversed forming new sea floor.
How magnetic reversals provide evidence for sea floor spreading?
Because of the stripes at the sea floor which are magnetic minerals
How are earthquake patterns used to provide evidence of sea floor spreading?
By using a siesmograph.
What process in earth's interior causes subduction and sea floor spreading?
Subduction and sea floor spreading are both a result of the movement of the tectonic plates.Plate Tectonics
How sea floor spreading provide evidence for tectonic plates?
by the plate tectonic and the ocean bridges
What did the theory of plate tectonics replace?
The theory of plate tectonics replaced the theory of sea floor spreading.
Is the analysis of seafoor sediments evidence of sea-floor spreading?
Not really but sea floor sediments thickness increase with increased distance from spreading centers which is good evidence. Other evidence such as magnetic reversals, temperature, dating methods provide the best evidence of seafloor spreading
