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Oceanic crust is part of the crust or lithosphere, depending on how you name the layers.
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Does the Hudson Bay sit on top of continental or oceanic crust?
The Hudson Bay sits on top of both the continental and oceanic crust.
Is all oceanic crust below sea level?
No. The Hawaiian Island Chain, for instance, sits on top of oceanic crust.
What layer of crust averages 25 miles in thickness?
Continental crust.
Oceanic crust is what than continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
What is continental and oceanic crust?
The continental crust is the land. The oceanic is under the ocean.
What formed when lava cools and crystallizes on top of oceanic crust?
it becomes part of the oceanic crust
Does the Hudson Bay sit on top of continental or oceanic crust?
The Hudson Bay sits on top of both the continental and oceanic crust.
What is the difference between contiental crust and oceanic crust?
Continental crust is on top of the oceanic crust Continental crust is made of granite whereas oceanic crust is made of basalt Continental crust is partly above sea level and partly below whereas oceanic crust is always below sea level.
Is all oceanic crust below sea level?
No. The Hawaiian Island Chain, for instance, sits on top of oceanic crust.
Where are the elder parts of the ocean floor located?
Oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges and (through the creation of new oceanic crust) is pushed toward a convergent plate boundary where it is subducted. So the oldest oceanic crust would be located at a convergent plate boundary where the oceanic crust is being subducted under continental crust.
Why is it important to understand how oceanic and continental crusts move?
The top layer of the Earth's surface is called the crust (it lies on top of the plates). Oceanic crust (the thin crust under the oceans) is thinner and denser than continental crust. Crust is constantly being created and destroyed; oceanic crust is more active than continental crust.
Were is the oceanic crust located?
It is found at the bottom of the ocean!
What is oceanic crust composed of?
The oceanic crust composed of sima, mafic rocks and basalt. This is the top layer of the lithosphere which is found in the ocean floor.
Which type of crust will rise on top of the other?
Continental crust over Oceanic crust.
WHere does the sea lie?
The sea lies on top of the Oceanic crust.
What is the name of ocean crust?
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.
