Geography PYQ 507 of 587 · Cities, Industries, Transport & Ports · Miscellaneous

The process that continually adds new crust is

  1. Asubduction
  2. Bearthquake
  3. Cseafloor spreading
  4. Dconvection

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Correct answer: (c) seafloor spreading

Explanation

The process that continuously adds new layers is seafloor spreading. This hypothesis was proposed by Harry H. Hess (in the 1960s). It was published in 1962 in a research paper titled “History of Ocean Basins”.

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