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What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
What part of earths layers is the thinniest?
the crust
What is the thickest part of the outermost layers?
The crust is the thickest under mountain ranges, up to 70 miles. Average depth of continental crust is 27 miles.
What causes cracks in the earth's crust?
The crust is the thinnest part on the Earth.
What is the thinnest part of earths interior?
The crust, then core, then mantle
Where is the crust the thickest on plate?
Areas of crustal plates with mountains are the greatest in thickness.
Where is the thickest part of earth's crust found?
The thickest part of the Earth is called the mantle.
Earths crust is part of the?
The earths crust is a part of the outermost layer.
What is the thickest part of the Earth's crust?
The thickest part of the crust is found under the highest elevated mountain ranges on the continents.
The thickest part of the crust occurs in what?
Youngest mountain ranges
Is the thickest part of the crust 25 miles thick?
Yes
What parts of earths structure combine to form lithosphere?
The layer just below Earth's crust is the mantle. It is the thickest layer, and is composed of flowing rock material. The solid upper part of the mantle joins with the crust to form the lithosphere
Thickest part of the South American plate?
The thickest part of the South American tectonic plate lies below the Andes Mountains. They were created from the compression of the South American plate with the Nazca Plate and the Antarctic Plate.
What type of crust is most dense?
the thickest part of the crust is the continental crust.
Why is earths crust brittle?
The crust is the thinnest part on the Earth.
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
What part of earth contains plates?
The crust. All of the Earths crust are part of techtonic plates.
