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  63e
ASTHENOSPHERE  1719nw
BASALT  320ne
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  420e
CONTINENTALCRUST  2018nw
CONTINENTALDRIFT  201w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  12se
CONTINENTALSHELF  192w
CONTINENTALSLOPE  2018n
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  12s
CORE  1216w
CRUST  97nw
EARTHQUAKE  48s
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  59s
GRANITE  105se
ISLANDARCS  1519w
LAURASIA  316n
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  2019nw
LITHOSPHERE  1717w
MANTLE  818e
MIDOCEANRIDGES  1620nw
OCEANICCRUST  2017nw
PANGAEA  204sw
PANTHALASSA  27s
PASSIVEMARGIN  1316nw
PLATEBOUNDARY  193s
PLATETECTONICS  204w
VOLCANO  814sw