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  718n
ALFREDWAGNER  174s
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  32se
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818n
CONTINENTALCRUST  91s
CONTINENTALDRIFT  14s
CONTINENTALMARGIN  191s
CONTINENTALSHELF  35s
CONTINENTALSLOPE  141s
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  191w
CORE  91sw
CRUST  191sw
EARTHQUAKE  22s
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  220n
GRANITE  518e
ISLANDARCS  121s
LAURASIA  1320w
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1320n
LITHOSPHERE  69s
MANTLE  1515s
MIDOCEANRIDGES  44s
OCEANICCRUST  105s
PANGAEA  1218n
PANTHALASSA  2014n
PASSIVEMARGIN  1617n
PLATEBOUNDARY  152s
PLATETECTONICS  84s
VOLCANO  1114n