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HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE THE RATE OF PLATE MOTION AWAY FROM A SPREADING CENTER?

Seafloor Spreading

Complex Seafloor Spreading

Geological Time Scale

Plate Motion on the Earth

Magnetic Reversals

The Formation of Oceanic Crust

The Formation of Seamounts

Hotspots and Absolute Plate Motion

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SEAFLOOR SPREADING

COMPLEX SEAFLOOR SPREADING

GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE

PLATE MOTION ON THE EARTH

MAGNETIC REVERSALS

THE FORMATION OF OCEANIC CRUST

THE FORMATION OF SEAMOUNTS

HOTSPOTS AND ABSOLUTE PLATE MOTION

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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