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The document describes evidence of oceanic expansion, notably the increasing thickness and depth of sediments with distance from the ocean ridge axis. It also presents a graph showing the relationship between age and distance from the ridge, allowing for the calculation of the expansion rate of the South Atlantic Ocean at about 2.3 cm per year.
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