They are two different types of crust. Continental crust is heavier than Oceanic crust, so when the two collide, the Continental crust 'subducts' under the Oceanic Crust.
'Crust' referring to the tectonic plates, the surface of the Earth we stand on.
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
1. The Oceanic crust is dense while the Continental crust is relatively lighter. 2. The Oceanic crust consists of Silicon and Magnessium, while the Continental crust has Silicon and Alluminium. 3. The Oceanic crust is thin, while the Continental crust is thick. 4. The Oceanic crust makes up the ocean floor, while the Continental crust carries the continents.
Continental crust is made of granite. Oceanic crust is made of basalt.
CONTINENTAL CRUST is 35km of thickness and oceanic is 7 km. i hope that helped
Continental crust is mostly composed out of granite, oceanic crust out of basalt.Continental crust is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.
The continental shelf is normally made out of continental crust, the oceanic crust begins at the base of the continental rise. However in most places the oceanic crust near the continental margins is covered by continental sediments (eroded form the continents) carried down onto the Oceanic planes by deep sea canyons running off the continental rises.
No, the oceanic crust is denser. That's why the land areas "float" so much higher than the ocean bedrock.
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Continental crust.
Thickness - continental = much thickerDensity - oceanic crust is denser than continental, which is why the oceanic crust subducts under the continental at destructive plates boundaries.
The Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust
Continental crust A+
Continental crust is the thicker of the two: it extends far beneath and above the Oceanic crust.
oceanic crust and continental crust collide, with the continental crust subducting under the oceanic
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.