Seafloor Spreading: Divergent Plate Boundaries

by: Paul D. Fullagar and Nancy W. West

Students, in this activity, will make and use a paper model to understand seafloor spreading. By doing so, they explore patterns of rock ages and rock magnetism parallel to mid-ocean ridges.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/15/2011Stock # PB298X1_5a

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