Geology of the Sea Floor

ACTIVEMARGIN
ALFREDWAGNER
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT
CONTINENTALCRUST
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONTINENTALMARGIN
CONTINENTALSHELF
CONTINENTALSLOPE
CONVECTIONCURRENTS
CORE
CRUST
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES
GONDWANA
GRANITE
ISLANDARCS
LAURASIA
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGES
OCEANICCRUST
PANGAEA
PANTHALASSA
PASSIVEMARGIN
PLATEBOUNDARY
PLATETECTONICS
VOLCANO

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ACTIVEMARGIN  620e
ALFREDWAGNER  1616n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  1215n
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  31e
CONTINENTALCRUST  202s
CONTINENTALDRIFT  182w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  28e
CONTINENTALSHELF  218e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  15s
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  1918n
CORE  15n
CRUST  28n
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  517n
GRANITE  716n
ISLANDARCS  1818n
LAURASIA  1717n
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  82s
LITHOSPHERE  34s
MANTLE  1515n
MIDOCEANRIDGES  173w
OCEANICCRUST  115s
PANGAEA  216n
PANTHALASSA  96s
PASSIVEMARGIN  1517w
PLATEBOUNDARY  54e
PLATETECTONICS  1819w
VOLCANO  1017n