• 1. The mystery of ocean rifts
• 2. Magnetic stripes
• 3. Magnetic reversals
• 4. The ocean as a tape recorder

Dating the Ocean Floor: 5. Further Reading

• up to Earth

Elsewhere on the web

• Wikipedia: Divergent boundary
• Wikipedia: Seafloor spreading
• Wikipedia: Paleomagnetism
• Wikipedia: Geomagnetic reversal
• Dipole Reversals and Plate Tectonics Chapter from A Millennium of Geomagnetism by David P. Stern in Reviews of Geophysics (2002)
• The Ocean Floor from the US Office of Naval Research
• Geomagnetism Frequently Asked Questions from the US National Geophysical Data Center
• Developing Continental Drift from the US Geological Survey
• Magnetic stripes and isotopic clocks from the US Geological Survey
• Magnetic Reversals and Moving Continents from NASA's Goddar Space Flight Center

Books

• Earth Story by Simon Lamb and David Sington (1998)
• Paleomagnetism: Continents and Oceans by Michael W. McElhinny and Phillip L. McFadden (1999) - Chapter 5 covers oceanic paleomagnetism

Documentaries

• Earth Story (BBC documentary, 1998) Episode 2 The Deep on ocean floor spreading (youtube | videosoft)