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Age of oceanic crust; youngest (red) is along spreading centers. Seafloor spreading is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.Seafloor spreading helps explain continental drift in the theory of plate tectonics.he destruction of oceanic crust occurs at subduction zones where oceanic crust is forced under either continental crust or oceanic crust. Today, the Atlantic basin is actively spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Only a small portion of the oceanic crust produced in the Atlantic is subducted.
The sea floor spreads apart at divergent boundaries. In the ocean, divergent boundaries are also called spreading centers.Mid-ocean ridges mark these sites where the ocean floor is spreadingapart. As the ridges continue to widen, a gap called a forms. Here molten material rises to build new crust.he records are the same on either side of the ridge.As scientists continued to map the ocean floor, they found morerecords of these reversals. By dating the rock, scientists had furtherevidence of plate movement. The youngest rock records the mostrecent reversal, which happened only about 760,000 years ago.