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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 result of the addition of new sea floor rock is that the Atlantic Ocean between these sets of continents is widening. North and South America move farther away from Eurasia and Africa each year. The youngest sea floor rocks are found in the middle of the ocean because that is where new sea floor is added.ackground. Sea floor spreading is one component of the theory of plate tectonics. According to this concept, at ridges in many of the world's oceans (mid-ocean ridges), new crustal rock is added to the edges of plates on either side of the mid-ocean ridge.