Magnetic Stripping Flashcards
(2 cards)
1
Q
What is Magnetic Stripping?
A
Bands of alternatingstrong and weak magnetism on the sea floor.The navy found that these bands wereparallelto the mid-ocean ridges.
2
Q
why do the bands form patterns?
A
Due to changes in the magnetic field of the Earth over its history.Magnetite particles all line up, pointing inthe same direction as the Earth’smagnetic field
