SEA-FLOOR SPREADING,

Abstract

Contents: Seismicity of the earth; Plate theory of tectonics; Rates of movement; The geometry of spreading; Corollaries of this geometry; The nature of faulting; Paleogeometry; Poorly defined boundaries; The magnetic record; North Pacific anomalies; The oceanic crust; The role of the continents; Opening of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans; Episodic spreading and orogeny; Mountain building; Spreading as a planetary process.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0710001

Entities

People

  • F. J. Vine
  • H. H. Hess

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Continents
  • Geometry
  • Indian Ocean
  • Landforms
  • Mountains
  • Oceans
  • Seabed
  • Tectonics

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.
  • Seismology