seafloor spreading
seafloor spreading
nounDefinition of SEAFLOOR SPREADING
: the divergence at mid-ocean ridges of the tectonic plates underlying the oceans that is due to upwelling from the earth's interior of magma which solidifies and adds to the spreading plates
First Known Use of SEAFLOOR SPREADING
1969
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