Incipient spreading Plates in the crust of the earth, according to the plate tectonics theory In the general case, sea floor spreading starts as a rift in a continental land mass, similar to the Red Sea-East Africa Rift System today. The process starts with heating at the base of the continental crust which causes it [...]
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Seafloor spreading
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Echo sounding
Technique Scheme of echo sounding in the ocean Distance is measured by multiplying half the time from the signal’s outgoing pulse to its return by the speed of sound in the water, which is approximately 1.5 kilometres per second. Echo sounding is effectively a special purpose application of sonar used to locate the bottom. Common [...]