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Chapter 3: The Origin of Ocean Basins

Continental Drift
The Dinosaurand Paleontology Dictionary has a description of the history and process of continental drift.
Visit the Continental Drift web site
Seafloor Spreading
A simple explanation of seafloor spreading.
Visit the Seafloor Spreading web site
Seafloor Spreading
This article published by the National Academy of Sciences explains continental drift and seafloor spreading and their relation to seismic activity.
Visit the When the Earth Moves web site
Spreading Ocean Ridges
This site uses the pattern of magnetic anomalies to explain sea floor spreading at constructive plate boundaries.
Visit the Constructive Plate Boundaries web site
Global Plate Tectonics
This is the online edition of a book called "This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics" by W. Jacquelyne Kious and Robert I. Tilling.
Visit the This Dynamic Earth web site

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Link: Jones and Bartlett Publishers