The term and concept of seafloor spreading was developed by
A) Hess and Dietz.
B) Hess and Wegener.
C) Wegener and Dietz.
D) Wegener.

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Seafloor spreading was a concept developed by Harry Hammond Hess and Robert S. Dietz in the 1960s. While Alfred Wegener is known for proposing the theory of continental drift, he did not specifically develop the concept of seafloor spreading.

The Term and Concept of Seafloor Spreading Was Developed by