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  1212n
ALFREDWAGNER  1616n
ASTHENOSPHERE  55s
BASALT  1219n
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818n
CONTINENTALCRUST  1320n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  191s
CONTINENTALMARGIN  320n
CONTINENTALSHELF  204s
CONTINENTALSLOPE  175s
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  320e
CORE  320ne
CRUST  139n
EARTHQUAKE  96s
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  112s
GRANITE  11s
ISLANDARCS  1010s
LAURASIA  101s
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  61s
LITHOSPHERE  718n
MANTLE  83s
MIDOCEANRIDGES  44s
OCEANICCRUST  1414n
PANGAEA  27n
PANTHALASSA  89s
PASSIVEMARGIN  27s
PLATEBOUNDARY  18s
PLATETECTONICS  151s
VOLCANO  1112s