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World maps depicting the ages of seafloor crust. Red indicates the youngest regions, including the currently forming crust, while blue represents the oldest oceanic crust still in existence, formed approximately 150 to 180 million years ago.
1973: Seafloor Spreading – Tanya Atwater’s Contributions to Plate Tectonics

Tanya Atwater’s groundbreaking research in the 1970s provided key insights into seafloor spreading, contributing significantly to the understanding of plate tectonics and the geological history of Earth