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  1319w
ALFREDWAGNER  1817w
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  117e
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818w
CONTINENTALCRUST  21e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  57e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  2013w
CONTINENTALSHELF  204w
CONTINENTALSLOPE  163w
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  310e
CORE  163e
CRUST  131e
EARTHQUAKE  1315w
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  311e
GRANITE  120e
ISLANDARCS  1020e
LAURASIA  139e
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  208w
LITHOSPHERE  106e
MANTLE  1515e
MIDOCEANRIDGES  1714w
OCEANICCRUST  912e
PANGAEA  36e
PANTHALASSA  16s
PASSIVEMARGIN  316e
PLATEBOUNDARY  32e
PLATETECTONICS  23s
VOLCANO  1311e