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  1616w
ALFREDWAGNER  115e
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  219n
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818w
CONTINENTALCRUST  1920w
CONTINENTALDRIFT  192w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  13s
CONTINENTALSHELF  21e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  1813w
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  23e
CORE  1111e
CRUST  23se
EARTHQUAKE  209s
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  66e
GRANITE  158s
ISLANDARCS  198s
LAURASIA  911w
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  208w
LITHOSPHERE  1717w
MANTLE  97w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  44e
OCEANICCRUST  1414w
PANGAEA  207n
PANTHALASSA  207w
PASSIVEMARGIN  1410w
PLATEBOUNDARY  1412w
PLATETECTONICS  419e
VOLCANO  29e