Oh, dude, scientists have found magnetic striping, age dating of rocks, and the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes along mid-ocean ridges to support ocean floor spreading. It's like Mother Nature left us some breadcrumbs to follow, you know? So, yeah, those are the three main pieces of evidence that point to the fact that our ocean floors are actually moving and grooving.
Granitic strips in the ocean floor ... Novanet
Magnetic striping on the ocean floor is used as evidence for seafloor spreading. As new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges, Earth's magnetic field is recorded in the rocks in alternating patterns of normal and reversed polarity. This provides support for the idea that new crust is continuously being created at mid-ocean ridges and spreading away in opposite directions.
Magnetic reversals in Earth's history help support the theory of plate tectonics by providing evidence of seafloor spreading and the movement of lithospheric plates. They also assist in dating rocks and determining the age of oceanic crust.
Scientists support the idea of a supercontinent called Pangaea through evidence such as matching coastlines, similar rock formations, and identical fossils found on different continents. Additionally, the movement of tectonic plates, as recorded by magnetic anomalies in the ocean floor, provides further support for the theory of continental drift.
Scientists prove seafloor spreading through various methods, including mapping of magnetic stripes on the ocean floor, analysis of seismic activity, and examination of rock samples collected from the ocean crust. These techniques provide evidence of tectonic plate movement and the creation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges.
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
Granitic strips in the ocean floor ... Novanet
Scientists found evidence of magnetic stripes on the ocean floor, which indicated periodic reversals in Earth's magnetic field. This discovery helped support the theory of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading.
Seismic Waves, Rock formations, and the shapes of the continents over time
Magnetic minerals on the ocean floor.
Magnetic reversals
The ages of the rocks become older the farther the way they are from the ridges. The closer they are the younger it is. This leaves evidence to the seafloor spreading theory.
The ages of the rocks become older the farther the way they are from the ridges. The closer they are the younger it is. This leaves evidence to the seafloor spreading theory.
three are : eruptions of molten material magnetic stripes in the rock of the ocean floor and the ages of the rocks themselves :)
three are : eruptions of molten material magnetic stripes in the rock of the ocean floor and the ages of the rocks themselves :)
One day while scientists were exploring the sea floor, they discovered sea-floor spreading, thus proving Wegener's hypothesis to be correct.
the newer rock is closer to the middle n th older ones spread along the sides