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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.
Sea-floor spreading occurs where oceanic plates are diverging from one another. Plates are huge slabs into which the crust as well as the upper part of the mantle (the intermediate zones between the Earthâs crust and core) is divided.As the plates move apart, the rocks break and form a crack between the plates.agma is a very hot, molten rock which is formed within the earth by partial melting of the mantle. As a result, the age of the rocks increases as one move away from the rift-zone (place where the earthâs crust is pulled apart). The mid-oceanic ridge is the primary site for sea-floor spreading.