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Is earth's continental crust thicker or thinner than the oceanic crust?
On average, it is much thicker than oceanic crust.
Which is thicker continental crust oceanic crust?
Continental crust is the thicker of the two: it extends far beneath and above the Oceanic crust.
Does the continental or the oceanic crust extend farther into the mantle?
The continental crust because it is thicker than the oceanic crust
What type of crust is thicker Continental or Oceanic?
Continental crust is generally thicker than oceanic crust. Continental crust can be up to 70 km thick, while oceanic crust is usually around 5-10 km thick.
What are three differences between oceanic and continental crust?
Continental crust is mostly composed out of granite, oceanic crust out of basalt.Continental crust is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.
Oceanic crust is lighter than the continental crust?
No, the oceanic crust is denser. That's why the land areas "float" so much higher than the ocean bedrock.
What is the thickest the continental or oceanic?
i believe the continental(granatic)crust is thicker than oceanic(basaltic)crust but i could be wrong
Is the earth's crust thicker under the ocean?
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
Why does the continental crust go father down into the mantle than the oceanic crust?
Continental crust, on average, is much thicker than oceanic crust. Because of the principles of isostacy and buoyancy, the continental crust will protrude more deeply into the asthenosphere than oceanic crust.
What are the two types of lithoperic crust?
The two types of lithospheric crust are continental crust, which is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust, and oceanic crust, which is thinner and more dense than continental crust.
Which is thicker continental crust or oceanic crust?
Continental crust is generally thicker than oceanic crust. Continental crust can range from 20 to 70 kilometers thick, while oceanic crust is typically around 7 to 10 kilometers thick. This is due to differences in composition and the processes by which they are formed.
What is the difference of continental crust and oceanic crust?
Two differences are that the oceanic crust is more dense than continental, and continental crust is composed mostly of granite, while oceanic is mostly basalt
