Geology of the Sea Floor

ACTIVEMARGIN
ALFREDWAGNER
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT
CONTINENTALCRUST
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONTINENTALMARGIN
CONTINENTALSHELF
CONTINENTALSLOPE
CONVECTIONCURRENTS
CORE
CRUST
EARTHQUAKE
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES
GONDWANA
GRANITE
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGES
OCEANICCRUST
PANGAEA
PANTHALASSA
PASSIVEMARGIN
PLATEBOUNDARY
PLATETECTONICS
VOLCANO

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ACTIVEMARGIN  27e
ALFREDWAGNER  215e
ASTHENOSPHERE  310e
BASALT  613w
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1820w
CONTINENTALCRUST  19e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  218e
CONTINENTALMARGIN  208w
CONTINENTALSHELF  316e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  511e
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  182w
CORE  208s
CRUST  129e
EARTHQUAKE  61e
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  116e
GONDWANA  112e
GRANITE  207w
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  117e
LITHOSPHERE  713e
MANTLE  620nw
MIDOCEANRIDGES  65e
OCEANICCRUST  134w
PANGAEA  2019n
PANTHALASSA  912e
PASSIVEMARGIN  43e
PLATEBOUNDARY  1314w
PLATETECTONICS  2019w
VOLCANO  204w