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What forms where the crust is down-warped in a roughly circular shape?
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What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
Earth does not get bigger as new oceanic crust forms?
Just as new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges, old oceanic crust is destroyed at subduction zones.
Does Rhyolitic magma forms beneath continental or oceanic crust?
continental crust
When lava cools rapidly a crust forms on the surface of the flow If the low continues the crust wrinkles and forms volcanic rock known as what?
Pahoehoe.
New crust forms what kind of new boundaries?
Divergent boundaries create new crust.
How does a trench forms?
They form when the oceanic crust goes under the Continental crust. The oceanic crust then forms the trenches through a process called subduction.
Is garnet in crust or mantle?
Garnet generally forms in the crust.
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
When continental crust begins to separate what forms?
A rift forms.
Earth does not get bigger as new oceanic crust forms?
Just as new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges, old oceanic crust is destroyed at subduction zones.
What type of rock makes up the continental and oceanic crust?
basalt forms in oceanic crust granite forms in continental
Does Rhyolitic magma forms beneath continental or oceanic crust?
continental crust
When lava cools rapidly a crust forms on the surface of the flow If the low continues the crust wrinkles and forms volcanic rock known as what?
Pahoehoe.
What forms the the crust and upper mantle?
The athenosphere
Forms inside Earth's crust?
Intrusive
Does granite form on top of the crust?
No. Granite forms underground in the crust. If granitic magma reaches the surface and cools it forms a rock called rhyolite.
Granite is one of the main rocks that makes up continental crust which is?
The crust that forms the continents.
