Continental Drift - Lesson 9 - Part 3 of 7 |
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Part 3 Planet of Man -- Beyond a doubt - revolution 9-Part3
Tuzo Wilson •In the 1950's extensive ocean profiling •Mapping the ocean floor, mid oceanic ridge system •Paleomagnetic of the earth's surface. •Harry Hess -- found relationship with mid-oceanic ridge and volcanic activity •Fredrick Vine marine geologist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Vine explains paleomagnetic reversals. •Tuzo Wilson explaining the origin of the transform fault. .................................. Today, continental theory is superseded by plate tectonics. Continental drift treated only the continents as jigsaw puzzle whereas plate tectonics treats the continents, oceans and the earth's crust as pieces of jigsaw puzzle. These segments are a flashback to part of the development of the current theory |