Who is explained Sea floor spreading ?

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AAlfred Wagner

BHarry Hess

CArthur Holmes

DNone of the above

Answer:

New seafloors are formed as a result of the cooling of magma at plate boundaries as it escapes through rifts. This phenomenon is called sea floor spreading
Sea floor spreading was explained by Harry Hess (1961).

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