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The majority of the Earth's crust is what type of crust?
The majority of the crust is oceanic crust, basaltic in nature.
What is the type of crust under the US?
The vast majority of the crust that the US has is continental crust, but the west side of the Andreas fault is mostly oceanic crust.
What plates are composed mostly of oceanic crust?
Of the Earth's major plates, the following are composed of a majority of oceanic crust: Pacific, North American, African, Antarctic, Australian, and South American.
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.
What is oceanic-oceanic subduction?
Oceanic crust sinking under a plate with continental crust
Where are the youngest portion of Earth's crust found?
The youngest parts of the Earth's crust are found in the oceanic crust. This crust is continuously being created at the mid-oceanic ridges.
What crust is more dense oceanic or continental crust?
Oceanic crust is significantly denser.
Is the oceanic crust felsic or mafic?
Oceanic crust is mafic.
What does it mean if the oceanic crust 0?
the oceanic crust is 0.
What is older the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Is the continental crust thinner than the oceanic crust?
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
Would it be better to drill through the earths crust or the oceanic crust?
oceanic crust
