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  195w
ALFREDWAGNER  217e
ASTHENOSPHERE  18e
BASALT  148e
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  47e
CONTINENTALCRUST  192w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  14e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  39e
CONTINENTALSHELF  212e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  51e
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  220e
CORE  51w
CRUST  82w
EARTHQUAKE  201s
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1018w
GONDWANA  2018n
GRANITE  710w
ISLANDARCS  910e
LAURASIA  26e
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1914w
LITHOSPHERE  515e
MANTLE  1917w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  1913w
OCEANICCRUST  63e
PANGAEA  719w
PANTHALASSA  196w
PASSIVEMARGIN  316e
PLATEBOUNDARY  1711w
PLATETECTONICS  719e
VOLCANO  15e