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  205s
ALFREDWAGNER  1815w
ASTHENOSPHERE  216e
BASALT  1518e
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  211e
CONTINENTALCRUST  1812w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  199w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  35e
CONTINENTALSHELF  1819w
CONTINENTALSLOPE  188w
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  210e
CORE  199n
CRUST  712w
EARTHQUAKE  1414w
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  210n
GONDWANA  87e
GRANITE  2014w
ISLANDARCS  23e
LAURASIA  123e
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  24e
LITHOSPHERE  720e
MANTLE  1916w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  217e
OCEANICCRUST  218e
PANGAEA  120n
PANTHALASSA  171w
PASSIVEMARGIN  156w
PLATEBOUNDARY  32e
PLATETECTONICS  313e
VOLCANO  17n