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Seafloor spreading

Seafloor spreading, or seafloor spread, is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.

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Significance

Spreading centers

Incipient spreading

Continued spreading and subduction

Debate and search for mechanism

Seafloor global topography: cooling models

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Seafloor spreading

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Triples53
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Seafloor spreading

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related to Incipient spreading · 19
Seafloor spreading → Afar, As, At, Because, During, Ethiopian Afar Geophysical Lithospheric, Experiment, Hess, If, In, Later, Red Sea-East Africa Rift, September, System, The, The East African, The Red Sea, These, When
related to Significance · 12
Seafloor spreading → As, At, East Pacific Rise, Hydrothermal, Intermediate, Miocene, Older, Plates, Seafloor, Spreading, The, When
related to history · 11
Seafloor spreading → Alexander, Alfred Wegener, Earlier, Harold Hammond Hess, In, Naval Electronics Laboratory, Princeton University, Robert Dietz, San Diego, The, Toit
related to Debate and search for mechanism · 8
Seafloor spreading → Accordingly, At, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Since, This, United States, Wegener's, When Alfred Wegener
related to Spreading centers · 3
Seafloor spreading → Seafloor, Spreading, Within

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Seafloor spreadingrelated to Debate and search for mechanismAt0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to Debate and search for mechanismMid-Atlantic Ridge0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to Debate and search for mechanismWhen Alfred Wegener0.60section
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Seafloor spreadingrelated to Debate and search for mechanismAccordingly0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to Debate and search for mechanismWegener's0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to Debate and search for mechanismUnited States0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to Debate and search for mechanismSince0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to historyEarlier0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to historyAlfred Wegener0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to historyAlexander0.60section
Seafloor spreadingrelated to historyToit0.60section

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