Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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The way by which paleomagnetism can be used to calculate the rate of seafloor spreading.
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The pattern of magnetic polarity reversals is found in rocks of all the ocean basins. The new ocean crust forms along the mid-ocean ridge, it spreads out equally on both the sides of the ridge.
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