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  220e
ALFREDWAGNER  212n
ASTHENOSPHERE  1917n
BASALT  1918nw
BIOGENOUSSEDIMENT  1818w
CONTINENTALCRUST  117n
CONTINENTALDRIFT  191w
CONTINENTALMARGIN  117ne
CONTINENTALSHELF  217ne
CONTINENTALSLOPE  175s
CONVECTIONCURRENTS  2019n
CORE  175sw
CRUST  1111sw
EARTHQUAKE  123sw
GEOMAGNETICANOMALIES  1111se
GONDWANA  113w
GRANITE  94sw
ISLANDARCS  1010sw
LAURASIA  1715nw
LITHOGENOUSSEDIMENT  120ne
LITHOSPHERE  1717w
MANTLE  1515w
MIDOCEANRIDGES  215ne
OCEANICCRUST  176sw
PANGAEA  1510sw
PANTHALASSA  32e
PASSIVEMARGIN  214ne
PLATEBOUNDARY  184s
PLATETECTONICS  1719w
VOLCANO  182sw