95 125 Anniversary Pardee Symposium: In the Footsteps of Geology Giants
Monday, 28 October 2013
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4AB
HARRY HESS, SEAFLOOR SPREADING, AND PALEOMAGNETISM
Paper number: 95-13
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Authors
Abstract
Harry Hess and seafloor spreading are forever linked. Hess developed the idea of seafloor spreading, first presenting his idea in December 1960 in a preprint entitled “Evolution of ocean basins.” It is also well-known that Hess was a fixist throughout most of his career. Less well-known is that he switched to mobilism approximately a year and a half before dating his preprint, and little-known is that he switched to mobilism because of its paleomagnetic support.