Hess Concludes the Debate on Continental Drift
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Earth Sciences, Geology, Geologists
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: New Jersey
- Date: 1960-1962
Article abstract: Hess’s seafloor spreading mechanism for the continental displacement theory reinterpreted geologic paradigms and had the same impact that Darwin’s evolution theory had on biology.
Summary of Event
Princeton University professor H. H. Hess is noted for his scientific contributions to the field of geology, specifically his ground-breaking History of the Ocean Basins (1962), in which he proposed seafloor spreading as the long-sought-after mechanism for Alfred Lothar Wegener’s continental drift theory. The elements of seafloor...
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