Geology of the Sea Floor

ACTIVEMARGIN
ALFREDWAGNER
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT
CONTINENTALCRUST
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONTINENTALMARGIN
CONTINENTALSHELF
CONTINENTALSLOPE
CONVECTIONCURRENTS
CORE
CRUST
EARTHQUAKE
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES
GONDWANA
GRANITE
ISLANDARCS
LAURASIA
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGES
OCEANICCRUST
PANGAEA
PANTHALASSA
PASSIVEMARGIN
PLATEBOUNDARY
PLATETECTONICS
VOLCANO

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ACTIVEMARGIN  919e
ALFREDWAGNER  1915w
ASTHENOSPHERE  712e
BASALT  112e
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  196w
CONTINENTALCRUST  120e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  49e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  313e
CONTINENTALSHELF  204w
CONTINENTALSLOPE  35e
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  318e
CORE  49w
CRUST  1220e
EARTHQUAKE  118e
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1116e
GONDWANA  819w
GRANITE  2014n
ISLANDARCS  108w
LAURASIA  131e
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  197w
LITHOSPHERE  131w
MANTLE  63w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  110e
OCEANICCRUST  162w
PANGAEA  717w
PANTHALASSA  73e
PASSIVEMARGIN  1814w
PLATEBOUNDARY  717e
PLATETECTONICS  1611w
VOLCANO  115e