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  1212n
ALFREDWAGNER  1917n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1616n
BASALT  145s
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818w
CONTINENTALCRUST  218n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  1716n
CONTINENTALMARGIN  517n
CONTINENTALSHELF  119n
CONTINENTALSLOPE  119e
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  203s
CORE  34n
CRUST  27n
EARTHQUAKE  717n
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  66s
GRANITE  1312n
ISLANDARCS  1010n
LAURASIA  98n
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1819n
LITHOSPHERE  1717w
MANTLE  1515w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  44s
OCEANICCRUST  33s
PANGAEA  1513w
PANTHALASSA  616e
PASSIVEMARGIN  814n
PLATEBOUNDARY  1513n
PLATETECTONICS  320e
VOLCANO  113s