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In 1962, who published 'The History of Ocean Basins', which outlined the theory of how tectonic plates could move, later called 'sea floor spreading'?

A. Louis Bauer
B. Alfred Wegener
C. George Edward Backus
D. Harry Hammond Hess
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests Team)
American geologist Harry Hammond Hess published 'History of Ocean Basins' in 1962, where he proposed the groundbreaking theory of seafloor spreading. This mechanism helped explain Continental Drift and laid the foundation for plate tectonics.
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