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What Is Magnetic Striping On The Seafloor?

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What Is Magnetic Striping On The Seafloor? What Is Magnetic Striping? Magnetic Striping is when the sea floor is spreading, and magma from the mantle is rising through the Earth’s crust. That magma then turns into new crust, forming the “Oceanic Crust”. What does magnetic striping prove? During times of normal magnetic polarity, the rocks

What Does The Pattern Of Magnetic Stripes On The Seafloor Indicate?

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What Does The Pattern Of Magnetic Stripes On The Seafloor Indicate? When lava gets erupted at the mid-ocean ridge axis it cools and turns into hard rock. … This creates a symmetrical pattern of magnetic stripes of opposite polarity on either side of mid-ocean ridges. These patterns of stripes provide the history of seafloor spreading.