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  2011w
ALFREDWAGNER  316e
ASTHENOSPHERE  33e
BASALT  1412e
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  42e
CONTINENTALCRUST  1715w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  174w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  319e
CONTINENTALSHELF  196w
CONTINENTALSLOPE  517e
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  35e
CORE  1715e
CRUST  615w
EARTHQUAKE  1813w
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  109w
GONDWANA  87w
GRANITE  209s
ISLANDARCS  120n
LAURASIA  1318e
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  191w
LITHOSPHERE  1318w
MANTLE  813w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  168w
OCEANICCRUST  212e
PANGAEA  714w
PANTHALASSA  197w
PASSIVEMARGIN  714e
PLATEBOUNDARY  1810w
PLATETECTONICS  520e
VOLCANO  211e