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The oceanic crust is part of the crust that is made fully out of basaltic rock and is several times thinner than the continental crust which is made out of granitic rock. Oceanic crust underlies Earth's oceans and is produced at divergent plate boundaries which are commonly referred to as mid-ocean ridges. As it grows from infilling magma and spreads away from the ridges, it will becomes cooler, thicker, and more dense, and will eventually sink into the mantle.
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Crust under the ocean is called?
Crust under the oceans is called oceanic crust.
What crust supports the ocean?
Oceanic crust
What is the crust beneath the ocean?
Oceanic Crust
Is oceanic crust near the mid-ocean ridge older thean oceanic crust farther away from the ridge?
Its oceanic crust
What is oceanic and oceanic?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
The margin of a continent is the boundary between continental crust and?
oceanic crust
What is the largest percent of oceanic crust?
The Pacific Ocean has the largest percentage of oceanic crust.
What is the scientific name of the ocean crust?
oceanic crust
What are places where oceanic crust sinks back to the mantle?
No. Mid oceanic ridges are the places where new oceanic crust are forming.
What is the size of the oceanic?
Oceanic what? Crust? It depends what ocean you are looking at.
What does ocean crust mean in science?
The oceanic crust is the part of the earth's crust that is below the ocean. The rock that makes up the oceanic crust is about 200 million years old.
What is the portion of the ocean floor that is made up of oceanic crust?
Approximately 60% of the ocean floor is made up of oceanic crust. Oceanic crust is typically thinner and denser than continental crust, and it forms at mid-ocean ridges through volcanic activity.
