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  11e
ALFREDWAGNER  196w
ASTHENOSPHERE  144w
BASALT  1915w
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  15e
CONTINENTALCRUST  1617w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  411e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  1920w
CONTINENTALSHELF  1710w
CONTINENTALSLOPE  419e
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  207w
CORE  207s
CRUST  517w
EARTHQUAKE  1818w
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1112e
GONDWANA  818w
GRANITE  201w
ISLANDARCS  2011s
LAURASIA  14s
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  22e
LITHOSPHERE  58e
MANTLE  149e
MIDOCEANRIDGES  149w
OCEANICCRUST  1916w
PANGAEA  714w
PANTHALASSA  1215w
PASSIVEMARGIN  714e
PLATEBOUNDARY  133w
PLATETECTONICS  1413w
VOLCANO  143e