Sea-Floor Spreading

Science, Grade 10

Sea-Floor Spreading

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1. Sea-Floor Spreading
Sea-floor spreading is part of the plate tectonics theory. In the Atlantic, the plates move away from the mid-ocean ridge at a rate of about one centimeter per year. As the sea floor spreads, the Earth's crust is changing and moving the continents as well.