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  127w
ALFREDWAGNER  617e
ASTHENOSPHERE  1916w
BASALT  2015s
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  319e
CONTINENTALCRUST  182w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  420e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  174w
CONTINENTALSHELF  118e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  163w
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  1813w
CORE  174ne
CRUST  72w
EARTHQUAKE  111e
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1114e
GONDWANA  1112e
GRANITE  715w
ISLANDARCS  119w
LAURASIA  185s
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  220ne
LITHOSPHERE  1815w
MANTLE  112e
MIDOCEANRIDGES  175w
OCEANICCRUST  2013n
PANGAEA  410e
PANTHALASSA  138w
PASSIVEMARGIN  171w
PLATEBOUNDARY  36e
PLATETECTONICS  1918n
VOLCANO  177s