Seafloor Spreading – A geologic

process in which tectonic plates

split apart from each other.
-occurs at divergent plate
boundaries.
EVIDENCE:
 Youngest rocks are found near
the ridge
 Oldest rocks are found far from
the ridge
 Sediments are thinner near the
ridge and progressively thickens
as you move away
 The density of materials
increases as you go far from the
ridge.
 Symmetrical stripes on both
side of amid-ocean ridge.
 Seafloor spreading creates new
crust while subduction destroys
old crust.
EVIDENCE for Continental Drift
Theory
 Fossil Evidence
 Shapes or matching edges of
continents
 Coal deposits in antarctica
 Ancient climate
 Glacier carvings