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HOW DO TECTONIC PLATES MOVE OVER THE EARTH'S SURFACE?

Seafloor Spreading

Complex Seafloor Spreading

The Earth's Magnetic Field

Plate Motion on the Earth

Hotspots and Absolute Plate Motion

Tectonic Plates

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SEAFLOOR SPREADING

COMPLEX SEAFLOOR SPREADING

THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD

PLATE MOTION ON THE EARTH

HOTSPOTS AND ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTION

TECTONIC PLATES

TOPICAL SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Raff, A.D. and Mason, R.G. (1961). Magnetic survey off the west coast of North America, 40¿ N. latitude to 52¿ N. Latitude. Geological Society of America, Bulletin 72: 1,267-1,270.

Vine, F.J. (1966). Spreading of the ocean floor; new evidence. Science 154(3755): 1,405-1,415.

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