The Vine-Matthews-Morley hypothesis, also known as the Morley-Vine-Matthews hypothesis, was the first key scientific test of the seafloor spreading theory that underlies continental drift and plate tectonics. It holds that the oceanic crust records reversals of the Earth's geomagnetic field as new crust forms and spreads outward from a mid-ocean ridge, leaving a symmetric pattern of magnetic stripes on either side. Its chief impact was making it possible to calculate the rate at which tectonic plates move apart at mid-ocean ridges.
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Wikimedia FoundationHistory section, paragraph on Vine and Matthews publishing the theory
Vine and his PhD adviser at Cambridge University, Drummond Hoyle Matthews, were first to publish the theory in September 1963.
Proposed By: Fred Vine, History section, paragraph naming Vine and Matthews as first to publish
Vine and his PhD adviser at Cambridge University, Drummond Hoyle Matthews, were first to publish the theory in September 1963.
Proposed By: Drummond Matthews, History section, paragraph naming Vine and Matthews as first to publish (Matthews credit)
Vine and his PhD adviser at Cambridge University, Drummond Hoyle Matthews, were first to publish the theory in September 1963.
In Discipline: Geophysics, Lead sentence
The Vine-Matthews-Morley hypothesis, also known as the Morley-Vine-Matthews hypothesis, was the first key scientific test of the seafloor spreading theory of continental drift and plate tectonics.
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