P1 – Seafloor spreading. Today you need to know 1.Explain what evidence there was to support the theory of continental drift – suggested by Alfred Wegener.

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P1 – Seafloor spreading

Today you need to know 1.Explain what evidence there was to support the theory of continental drift – suggested by Alfred Wegener 2.Explain why the scientific community did not accept his theory 3.Understand how seafloor spreading provided further evidence that his theory was correct

Continental Drift The edges of land masses (continents) which are separated by thousands of kilometres of ocean: Have shapes which fit quite closely. Have similar patterns of rocks and fossils. This suggests that they were once part of a single land mass which has split and been moved apart. Africa S. America

Continental drift Alfred Wegener died in 1931 His idea of continental drift not accepted until the 1960s because: He wasn’t a geologist Other theories were acceptable Couldn’t feel continents moving No explanation for movement San Adreas Fault in California

So now answer a 6 mark question!!

So why do we now believe Wegener’s theory?? Seafloor spreading

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Tectonic Plates may move away from each other. This causes fractures which are filled by magma producing new, basaltic, oceanic crust. This is known as sea floor spreading and is happening along oceanic ridges, including the mid- Atlantic ridge.

Seafloor spreading - Explanation Movement of mantle Pushes crust apart Crust plates moving slowly apart at mid-atlantic ridge Molten rock exuded (released) at mid-ocean ridge So new magma rises to the surface and solidifies New rocks formed in opening in crust Newer rocks closer to gap and older rocks further off Ridge moves approximately cm every year What happens to rock at the outer edge of the ridge? Old rock at the edge of the ridge is forced downwards and becomes magma in the mantle

Magnetic rocks and seafloor spreading aWQ aWQ

Describe how magnetic rocks on the seafloor provide evidence for tectonic theory Earth has a magnetic field Polarity of field reverses every 100 million years When new rock forms at plate boundary at the oceanic ridge, the rock cools and solidifies and magnetic minerals in the rock (magnetite) align with the Earths polarity As new rock forms the rock aligns with the Earths polarity at that time, forming stripes of rock Can estimate how quickly new rock is formed and therefore how quickly the plates are moving

Magnetic Stripes The iron-rich minerals in the magma record the direction of the Earth's magnetic field at the time when the rising magma solidified. Magnetic reversal patterns in oceanic crust occur in stripes parallel to oceanic ridges, matching the period reversals of the Earth's magnetic field and so supporting the concept of sea floor spreading. N S