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  62se
ALFREDWAGNER  165sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  1616w
BASALT  12se
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818n
CONTINENTALCRUST  118n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  1820w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  118e
CONTINENTALSHELF  1719w
CONTINENTALSLOPE  193s
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  118ne
CORE  216ne
CRUST  17n
EARTHQUAKE  185sw
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  159nw
GRANITE  112sw
ISLANDARCS  187sw
LAURASIA  312n
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  201s
LITHOSPHERE  312ne
MANTLE  91se
MIDOCEANRIDGES  31se
OCEANICCRUST  217n
PANGAEA  59se
PANTHALASSA  1315nw
PASSIVEMARGIN  161w
PLATEBOUNDARY  1617w
PLATETECTONICS  161sw
VOLCANO  111se