Demonstration Of The Ruggedness And Youth Of The Ocean Floor

Precise documentation that worlds earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and.

Demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor.

And 4 precise documentation that the world s earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges. In particular four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate tectonics theory. Theory not well received because it couldn t answer one fundamental question. What forces are strong enough to move such large land masses such long distances wegenger suggested continents simply plowed through the ocean floor.

2 confirmation of repeated reversals of the earth magnetic field in the geologic past. Four major scientific developments spurred the formulation of the plate tectonics theory. Demonstration of ruggedness and youth of ocean floor 2. Demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor confirmation of repeated reversals of the earth magnetic field in the geologic past emergence of the seafloor spreading precise documentation that the world s earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges.

2 confirmation of repeated reversals of the earth magnetic field in the geologic past. 1 demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor. 3 emergence of the seafloor spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic. Study 49 mod2 flashcards from amanda f.

Confirmation of repeated reversals of the earth magnetic field in geologic past 3. Think about the types of instruments that a marine scientist or geologist might use to gather evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics. Scientific theory describing the large scale motion of tectonic plates of the earth s lithosphere over the last hundred of millions of years. 1 demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor.

Maps made from sonar and magnetometer are rock samples taken near ocean ridges older or younger than rock samples taken near deep sea trenches. 1 demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor.