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  173w
ALFREDWAGNER  98e
ASTHENOSPHERE  1517w
BASALT  2012w
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818nw
CONTINENTALCRUST  220n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  39e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  220e
CONTINENTALSHELF  12e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  181s
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  181w
CORE  12se
CRUST  29ne
EARTHQUAKE  111e
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1014w
GONDWANA  313e
GRANITE  2014s
ISLANDARCS  216e
LAURASIA  210e
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1918w
LITHOSPHERE  87e
MANTLE  1711w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  315e
OCEANICCRUST  64e
PANGAEA  912w
PANTHALASSA  76e
PASSIVEMARGIN  117n
PLATEBOUNDARY  319e
PLATETECTONICS  75e
VOLCANO  1110e