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  416e
ALFREDWAGNER  15s
ASTHENOSPHERE  1812w
BASALT  63w
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  197w
CONTINENTALCRUST  52e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  1711w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  118e
CONTINENTALSHELF  31e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  1713w
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  209w
CORE  1711e
CRUST  52w
EARTHQUAKE  118w
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1117e
GONDWANA  104w
GRANITE  178w
ISLANDARCS  204w
LAURASIA  2012s
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  205w
LITHOSPHERE  183w
MANTLE  720w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  720e
OCEANICCRUST  310e
PANGAEA  719w
PANTHALASSA  915e
PASSIVEMARGIN  719e
PLATEBOUNDARY  714e
PLATETECTONICS  176w
VOLCANO  215e