Seafloor Spreading Video

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Seafloor spreading video. I didn t know it would come to this. 08 05 found by infinitearchive in geology of the sea floor. Seafloor spreading occurs along mid ocean ridges large mountain ranges rising from the ocean floor. The process is continuous because forces cause opposite sides of the midocean ridge to constantly move apart making new room for the process to repeat.

A dynamic principle of geology was explained with harry hess discovery of sea floor spreading. This video clip is hosted by bill nye. Have you noticed lately that your students just aren t listening when you try to teac. A video clip featuring the discovery of seafloor spreading and its contribution to the development of the plate tectonics.

The mid atlantic ridge for instance separates the north american plate from the eurasian plate and the south american plate from the african plate the east pacific rise is a mid ocean ridge that runs through the eastern pacific ocean and separates the pacific plate from the north american. Seafloor spreading is the continuous process of forming new igneous rock at midocean ridges by injection of magma that forms new seafloor. In 1912 when alfred wegener proposed that the continents had once been joined together and had split apart the biggest weakness in his hypothesis was the. This video has good graphics that show the student how the seafloor is spreading.

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