An international team of scientists revealed that they have successfully captured a seafloor spreading event in real-time for the very first time in human history.
What is Seafloor Spreading?
Instead, it is broken up into massive, interlocking puzzle pieces called tectonic plates.
When these two tectonic plates slowly pull away from one another.
This movement is called seafloor spreading.
The ocean floor slowly stretches apart by allowing molten rock to rise up and form new crust. However, because this happens beneath the dark ocean waves which have not been witnessed by humans and actually seen it happen live—until now.
The recent study was published in the scientific journal Nature. An international team of scientists revealed that they have successfully captured a seafloor spreading event in real-time for the very first time in human history.
This geological event took place in the Indian Ocean, changing our understanding of how Earth constructs its outer shell.
What is Seafloor Spreading?
The outer crust of Earth is not a single and solid shell. Instead, it is broken up into massive, interlocking puzzle pieces called tectonic plates.
These plates are constantly moving places like at mid-ocean ridges. Mid-ocean ridges are large underwater mountain ranges. When these two tectonic plates slowly pull away from one another. This movement is called seafloor spreading.
