Describe sea floor spreading and why it was an important piece of evidence in support of plate tectonics.

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Describe sea floor spreading and why it was an important piece of evidence in support of plate tectonics.
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      Seafloor spreading:

                                     Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid-oceanic ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually movies away from the ridge. The idea of seafloor spread was proposed by Harold Hammond and Robert Dietz which later evolved in the theory of plate tectonics.

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