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The rocks that makes up the oceanic crusts, are very dark, relatively thin and highly dense.
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What is a characteristic of subduction?
The correct answers are - B. Where oceanic crust meets continental crust, and C. Earthquakes.Subduction zones appear only on places where a crust of lower density (oceanic crust) meets a crust of higher density (continental crust).On the places where the oceanic crust meets the continental crust, the oceanic crust goes beneath the continental crust, this makes changes and readjustments in the inner part of the crust, and plus there's significant pressure from the mantle layer from beneath, so earthquakes are a very common occurrence.Check all that apply. A. Broad river deltas B. Where oceanic crust meets continental crust C. Earthquakes D. Two continents collide
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 oceanic-oceanic subduction?
Oceanic crust sinking under a plate with continental crust
Is the oceanic crust felsic or mafic?
Oceanic crust is mafic.
What does it mean if the oceanic crust 0?
the oceanic crust is 0.
Where are the youngest portion of Earth's crust found?
The youngest parts of the Earth's crust are found in the oceanic crust. This crust is continuously being created at the mid-oceanic ridges.
What crust is more dense oceanic or continental crust?
Oceanic crust is significantly denser.
What is older the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Is the continental crust thinner than the oceanic crust?
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
Would it be better to drill through the earths crust or the oceanic crust?
oceanic crust
Is oceanic crust near the mid-ocean ridge older thean oceanic crust farther away from the ridge?
Its oceanic crust
Where does the oceanic crust begin?
The oceanic crust begins at the Mid-Ocean Ridge, where tectonic plates are moving apart, allowing magma to rise and solidify, forming new crust. This process of seafloor spreading creates the youngest oceanic crust at the ridge and older crust farther away from it.
