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  1317w
ALFREDWAGNER  115e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  2014s
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818w
CONTINENTALCRUST  1620w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  23e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  1719w
CONTINENTALSHELF  179w
CONTINENTALSLOPE  202w
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  191w
CORE  191s
CRUST  520w
EARTHQUAKE  88e
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  66e
GRANITE  1011w
ISLANDARCS  1010e
LAURASIA  1911w
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  2013w
LITHOSPHERE  2013n
MANTLE  44s
MIDOCEANRIDGES  44e
OCEANICCRUST  1414w
PANGAEA  310e
PANTHALASSA  1712w
PASSIVEMARGIN  197w
PLATEBOUNDARY  12s
PLATETECTONICS  1516w
VOLCANO  183s