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  194w
ALFREDWAGNER  1514w
ASTHENOSPHERE  310e
BASALT  29e
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  195w
CONTINENTALCRUST  218e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  2017w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  1820w
CONTINENTALSHELF  48e
CONTINENTALSLOPE  177w
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  113e
CORE  177e
CRUST  1318e
EARTHQUAKE  23e
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  106w
GONDWANA  1916w
GRANITE  14e
ISLANDARCS  15s
LAURASIA  1119e
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  191w
LITHOSPHERE  1119w
MANTLE  115e
MIDOCEANRIDGES  1711w
OCEANICCRUST  92e
PANGAEA  123e
PANTHALASSA  116e
PASSIVEMARGIN  2015w
PLATEBOUNDARY  209w
PLATETECTONICS  312e
VOLCANO  22e