The idea that the continents might have moved, or "drifted" over time can be traced back to the sixteenth century, when European cartographers compiled world maps based on the seagoing expeditions of that time. This idea was transformed into the theory of "continental drift" by German meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1912, when he published a treatise with several lines of supporting evidence that went beyond simply matching the continents like puzzle pieces. These lines of evidence included, for example, matching geological formations and paleontological distributions from South America and Africa. Wegener's critics correctly pointed out, however, that the continents could not simply "plow" though the ocean floor as Wegener had vaguely theorized. It was Hess who determined how oceanic mountain ranges, called mid-ocean ridges, are fundamental to the tectonic movement that results in the drift of continents.
Basically, he used echolocation to map the sea floor and proved that continental drift does occur.
he proposed that mid-ocean ridges were areas where the floors of oceans had split apart
The Seafloor Spreading Theory was proposed by Harry Hess.
Harry Hess developed the idea of sea floor spreading. Which help better prove Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Hypothesis.
Granitic strips in the ocean floor ... Novanet
Seafloor Spreading created by harry hess
he proposed that mid-ocean ridges were areas where the floors of oceans had split apart
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Harry Hess
The Seafloor Spreading Theory was proposed by Harry Hess.
1960 (although Hess' paper built upon Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift , proposed in 1915).
Harry Hess came up with the theory of seafloor spreading . Alfred Wegener came up with the idea of continental drift NOT sea-floor spreading.