jan 1, 1963 - Frederick Vine and Drummond Mattews
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The magnetic field around earth showed polarity switching directions. Molten material hardens quickly after erupting under water. Patterns in the rock supporteed sea-floor spreading, and each time rock emerges from the mid-ocean ridge, it's poles switch and new patterns are formed. This relates to tectonic plates because they formed the uderwater mountain range, or the mid-ocean ridge.-Source 5
-Source 2
-phschool.com
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jan 1, 1963
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~ 62 years ago