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  194s
ALFREDWAGNER  156s
ASTHENOSPHERE  161s
BASALT  1715s
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  111s
CONTINENTALCRUST  1318n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  92s
CONTINENTALMARGIN  23s
CONTINENTALSHELF  125s
CONTINENTALSLOPE  517n
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  101s
CORE  125n
CRUST  137n
EARTHQUAKE  1412n
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  101w
GONDWANA  1820n
GRANITE  720w
ISLANDARCS  79s
LAURASIA  1420n
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  41s
LITHOSPHERE  15s
MANTLE  1614s
MIDOCEANRIDGES  171s
OCEANICCRUST  181s
PANGAEA  88n
PANTHALASSA  66s
PASSIVEMARGIN  34s
PLATEBOUNDARY  88s
PLATETECTONICS  203s
VOLCANO  78n