KnowraDeep Sea Drilling ProjectLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Deep Sea Drilling Project, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 3Related 5Seafloor spreadingRelated: Drilling samples proved crust gets older with distance from ridges, as spreading predicts.Continental driftRelated: Direct drilling tests that verified predictions drift's success depended on.Izu–Bonin–Mariana arcRelated: Its cores from the region informed reconstructions of back-arc basin development.Ocean drillingBroader topic: Its cores provided decisive evidence for seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.Marine geologyBroader topic: Its cores supplied direct tests of seafloor-age and plate-tectonic predictions.Core sampleBroader topic: Its cores provided foundational evidence for seafloor spreading and ocean history.Seafloor spreading hypothesisRelated: Direct drilling showed the age progression spreading predicts, closing the case.Maurice EwingRelated: Lamont scientists and Ewing's research program helped establish ocean drilling as a way to investigate seafloor history.