Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesis

The Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesis, also known as the Morley–Vine–Matthews hypothesis was the first key scientific test of the seafloor spreading theory of continental drift and Plate tectonics.

Geophysicist Frederick John Vine and the Canadian geologist Lawrence W. Morley independently realized that if the seafloor spreading theory was correct, then the rocks surrounding the mid-oceanic ridges should show symmetric patterns of magnetization reversals, a record of the Earth's geomagnetic reversals, captured in the cooling volcanic rocks. Morley's letters to Nature (February 1963) and Journal of Geophysical Research (April 1963) were both rejected, so Vine and his adviser Drummond Hoyle Matthews were first to publish in 1963. Later geomagnetic surveys found the patterns are in fact present, providing strong confirmation of the theory.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Tetsuji Iseda. "Philosophical Interpretations of the Plate Tectonics Revolution". http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~tiseda/works/Plate_tectonics.html. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 
2. ^ Fountain Henry (August 17, 1997). "Drummond Matthews Dies At 66; Studied Earth's Crust". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E2DA103FF934A2575BC0A961958260. 

• Vine, F. J.; Matthews, D. H. (7 September 1963). "Magnetic Anomalies Over Oceanic Ridges (PDF)". Nature 199 (4897): 947–949. Bibcode 1963Natur.199..947V. doi:10.1038/199947a0. http://courses.washington.edu/ess502/Vine_Matthews.pdf. 
• Vine, F. J.; Wilson, J. Tuzo (October 1965). "Magnetic Anomalies over a Young Oceanic Ridge off Vancouver Island (PDF)". Science 150 (3695): 485–9. Bibcode 1965Sci...150..485V. doi:10.1126/science.150.3695.485. PMID 17842754. http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Vine1965.pdf. 
• Vine, F. J. (16 December 1966). "Spreading of the Ocean Floor: New Evidence (PDF)". Science 154 (3755): 1405–1415. doi:10.1126/science.154.3755.1405. PMID 17821553. http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~rcoe/eart206/Vine_SFspreading_Science06.pdf. 

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