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Oceanic crust
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Why the crust is thinner than the ocean floor?
The crust is the Ocean floor. There is Oceanic Crust, And then There is Continental Crust.
What is the dominant rock type in the ocean crust and in the continental crust?
Basalt is the dominant rock in the ocean crust. And I assume Granite is dominant for continental crust.
What The ocean crust is?
Oceanic crust is the part of Earth's lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins.
What is the name of ocean crust?
oceanic crust.
Compared to landform crust the ocean crust is?
younger
Continental and oceanic crust?
The two parts of the crust that make up the earth. The continental supports land while the oceanic crust is at the bottom of the ocean. - Anonymous
What supports the crust?
the mantle
Why the crust is thinner than the ocean floor?
The crust is the Ocean floor. There is Oceanic Crust, And then There is Continental Crust.
Ocean crust dives below continental crust because?
Ocean crust is denser
Crust under the ocean is called?
Crust under the oceans is called oceanic crust.
What supports the oceans?
Oceanic crust
What evidence in rock supports the theory of seafloor spreading?
Convergence supports the theory of seafloor spreading. Samples of the deep ocean floor are evidence of seafloor spreading because the basaltic oceanic crust and overlapping sediment become younger as the mid-ocean ridge is approached. Also, the rock that makes up the floor of the ocean is younger than the continents.
Which part of earth supports life?
The crust
What is ocean crust?
it is basalt or oceonic crust
What is the crust beneath the ocean?
Oceanic Crust
What is the dominant rock type in the ocean crust and in the continental crust?
Basalt is the dominant rock in the ocean crust. And I assume Granite is dominant for continental crust.
What is the ocean crust?
Oceanic crust is the part of Earth's lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins.
