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  85e
ALFREDWAGNER  1210w
ASTHENOSPHERE  217e
BASALT  1513se
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1911w
CONTINENTALCRUST  2019w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  14e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  13e
CONTINENTALSHELF  59e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  320e
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  1812w
CORE  2019nw
CRUST  919w
EARTHQUAKE  116e
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  117e
GONDWANA  113s
GRANITE  113e
ISLANDARCS  1914w
LAURASIA  1110e
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  192w
LITHOSPHERE  16e
MANTLE  65w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  218e
OCEANICCRUST  171w
PANGAEA  815w
PANTHALASSA  815e
PASSIVEMARGIN  58e
PLATEBOUNDARY  2013w
PLATETECTONICS  1616w
VOLCANO  914w