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Which evidence originally supported Hess's idea of seafloor spreading in 1968?

Younger rocks are closer to mid-ocean ridges.
The destruction of crust occurs at deep-sea trenches.
Oceanic rocks are pillow-shaped when formed.
Rocks across the ocean floor have alternating magnetic stripes.(this is the not the right answer, just took test)

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Different types of evidence supported Hess's theory of sea-floor spreading: eruptions of molten material, magnetic stripes in the rock of the ocean floor, and the ages of the rocks themselves. This evidence made scientists take a second look at Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift.

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Oceanic rocks are pillow- shaped when formed.
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