The Morley-Vine-Matthews hypothesis states that this phenomenon preserves the history of (*) reversal's in the Earth's magnetic field.
Conclusive evidence for this process was provided by the same vessel that found the first empirical evidence for the Messinian salinity crisis. That vessel was the Glomar Challenger. The Morley-Vine-Matthews hypothesis states that this phenomenon preserves the history of (*) reversal's in the Earth's magnetic field. Also found on Mars, that preservation results in bands of alternating magnetic polarization, known as magnetic striping. First proposed by Harry Hess, this phenomenon is caused by convection currents in the asthenosphere and explains continental drift. For 10 points, name this geologic process, typical of divergent plate boundaries, which led to the establishment of plate tectonic theory and by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges.
Conclusive evidence for this process was provided by the same vessel that found the first empirical evidence for the Messinian salinity crisis.
{seafloor spreading} [or plate {tectonics} before {Morley}-{Vine}-{Matthews hypothesis}]