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    The theory of continental drift proposes that the continents were once joined together and have slowly moved to their current positions. Key evidence includes the physical fit of continents, fossil evidence, measurements of movement, rock layer sequences, and glacial evidence. Sea floor spreading provides further evidence as new ocean floor is formed at mid-ocean ridges, pushing older rocks away. Magnetic stripes in ocean crust record reversals in Earth's magnetic field over time, supporting the idea of sea floor spreading.

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    The theory of continental drift proposes that the continents were once joined together and have slowly moved to their current positions. Key evidence includes the physical fit of continents, fossil evidence, measurements of movement, rock layer sequences, and glacial evidence. Sea floor spreading provides further evidence as new ocean floor is formed at mid-ocean ridges, pushing older rocks away. Magnetic stripes in ocean crust record reversals in Earth's magnetic field over time, supporting the idea of sea floor spreading.

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    The theory of continental drift proposes that the continents were once joined together and have slowly moved to their current positions. Key evidence includes the physical fit of continents, fossil evidence, measurements of movement, rock layer sequences, and glacial evidence. Sea floor spreading provides further evidence as new ocean floor is formed at mid-ocean ridges, pushing older rocks away. Magnetic stripes in ocean crust record reversals in Earth's magnetic field over time, supporting the idea of sea floor spreading.

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    The theory of continental drift proposes that the continents were once joined together and have slowly moved to their current positions. Key evidence includes the physical fit of continents, fossil evidence, measurements of movement, rock layer sequences, and glacial evidence. Sea floor spreading provides further evidence as new ocean floor is formed at mid-ocean ridges, pushing older rocks away. Magnetic stripes in ocean crust record reversals in Earth's magnetic field over time, supporting the idea of sea floor spreading.

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    What is the theory of
    continental drift?

     the idea that the continents were once all joined


    together in one super-continent called Pangaea
    and slowly moved to their current positions
    Key concepts
    Evidence of “continental drift”—
    .

    • Physical fit of continents


    • Fossil evidence
    • Measurements of movement
    • Rock layer sequences
    • Glacial evidence

    Alfred Wegener
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    Sonar - a device
    that bounces
    sound waves off
    under-water
    objects and then
    records the
    echoes of these
    sound waves. The
    time it takes for
    the echo to arrive
    indicates the
    distance to the
    object.
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    1. Mid-Ocean Ridge – the longest chain
    of mountains in the world---these are
    divergent plate boundaries.
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    3. Sea-Floor
    Spreading –
    Harry Hess in
    the 1960’s; the
    process that
    continually
    adds new
    material to the
    ocean floor
    while pushing
    older rocks
    away from the
    ridge
    Sea-Floor Spreading
     Ocean floor moves like a conveyor belt
    carrying continents with it.
     New ocean floor forms along cracks in
    the ocean crust as molten material erupts
    from the mantle spreading out and
    pushing older rocks to the sides of the
    crack. New ocean floor is continually
    added by the process of sea-floor
    spreading.
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    1. Evidence from
    Molten Material –
    Rocks shaped like
    pillows(rock
    pillows) show that
    molten material
    has erupted again
    and again from
    cracks along the
    mid-ocean ridge
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    2. Evidence
    from Magnetic
    Stripes – Rocks
    that make up
    the ocean floor
    lie in a pattern
    of magnetized
    stripes which
    hold a record of
    the reversals in
    Earth’s magnetic
    field
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    3. Evidence
    from Drilling
    Samples – Core
    samples from the
    ocean floor show
    that older rocks
    are found farther
    from the ridge;
    youngest rocks are
    in the center of
    the ridge
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    8. Subduction –
    Process by
    which the ocean
    floor sinks
    beneath a deep-
    ocean trench
    and back into
    the mantle;
    allows part of
    the ocean floor
    to sink back
    into the mantle
    Sea-Floor Spreading:
    Subduction zone
    Deep-Ocean
    Trench –
    Occurs at
    subduction
    zones. Deep
    underwater
    canyons form
    where oceanic
    crust bends
    Sea-Floor Spreading
    get from
    “blue”
    oceans to
    such great
    Magnetic Wiggles!!!

    detail?
    Earth’s Magnetic
    Field
    BUT…..Magnetic
    North is NOT at the
    North Pole
    AND…the Magnetic
    Field Reverses
    • Field reverses ~1 time
    every 200,000 years on
    average.
    • 400 times in last 330
    million years.
    • Last reversal was
    780,000 years ago.
    NORMAL REVERSE

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