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What is the thickness of the earth's crust?
The Earth's oceanic crust is very thin at the mid-ocean ridges, and gradually thickens as it moves away from the ridges. The continental crust is thickest under mountain ranges. The average depth of oceanic crust is around 5 miles. The average depth of continental crust is 22 miles.
What is thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the continents?
The Earth's crust is thinnest under the oceans and thickest in the mountains.
What is the silica content of earth's crust under the oceans?
the crust
Layer of the crust has a average of thickness of 5 miles?
Sounds right to me. Also remember that the earth's crust is thicker under the continents (land) than under the ocean where it becomes thinner.
Which layer is thinnest under the oceans?
The layer that is thinnest under the oceans is the crust. While it is thinnest in those underwater regions, it is the thickest in the regions where mountains are.
Is the Earth's crust thicker under the oceans or the continents?
Earth's crust is far thicker under the continents.
What is the depth below the earth's surface in centimeters in the crust?
Under the continents, the earth crust is on average around 50 kilometers thick, which is 50,000 meters or 5,000,000 centimeters. Under the oceans, the earth crust is on average around 7 kilometers thick, which is 7,000 meters or 700,000 centimeters.
Which layer is the thinnest under the oceans and the thickest in the mountains?
The Earth's crust is thinnest under the oceans and thickest in the mountains.
Which layer is the thinnest under the oceans and thickest in the mountains?
The Earth's crust is thinnest under the oceans and thickest in the mountains.
Crust under the ocean is called?
Crust under the oceans is called oceanic crust.
What is the thickness is the Earth's crust?
The Earth's oceanic crust is very thin at the mid-ocean ridges, and gradually thickens as it moves away from the ridges. The continental crust is thickest under mountain ranges. The average depth of oceanic crust is around 5 miles. The average depth of continental crust is 22 miles.
The what is the thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the continents.?
the earth's crust
