Geology of the Sea Floor

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

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ACTIVEMARGIN  410e
ALFREDWAGNER  96e
ASTHENOSPHERE  213e
BASALT  1915s
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  120e
CONTINENTALCRUST  19e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  1719w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  41e
CONTINENTALSHELF  218e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  53e
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  115e
CORE  53w
CRUST  115s
EARTHQUAKE  1717w
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1014w
GONDWANA  26e
GRANITE  2014s
ISLANDARCS  11s
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1912w
LITHOSPHERE  34e
MANTLE  1913w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  175w
OCEANICCRUST  1516w
PANGAEA  711w
PANTHALASSA  42e
PASSIVEMARGIN  711e
PLATEBOUNDARY  37e
PLATETECTONICS  208w
VOLCANO  204w