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What is the name of the type of crust that underlies the oceans?
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The rock that underlies the oceans is granite?
False. The oceans are underlain by marine sediments and then a type of igneous rock known as basalt.
In earths crust What type of rock is found under the oceans?
Oceanic crust, new oceanic crust is produced by seafloor spreading.
What type of rock underlies a karst landscape?
limestone
Which type of rock usually underlies a karst topography?
limestone
What type of rock usually underlies a karst landscape?
limestone
Is it true that tectonic plates made up of land and ocean floor?
Yes, there are two types of crust on the Earth, oceanic and continental. The crust under the oceans is, of course, oceanic crust which has more mass than continental crust. Each type is formed from plates of different size and shape.
What type of crust is found under the the oceans?
approimately 2250 milon years go the earth continets were grouped nto one landmasswht was this landmass called
What is the other type of crust the continental crust and what?
Oceanic Crust
What Compare and contrast oceanic crust with continental crust both types of crust?
The surface of the earth that is found on the continents is called the continental crust, which has a thickness of around 25 to 70 km. This crust is made up of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, and that together make up the structure of our continents. As the name implies, oceanic crust is the floor of the oceans. Obviously, this crust is thinner than the continental crust. The major type of rocks making up oceanic crust is basalt. In general, the thickness of oceanic crust is around 7 to 10 km. what they have in common is continental and oceanic crust are both destroyed in subduction zones and lie atop Earth's mantle, though they differ in thickness, density, age and chemical composition.
The majority of the Earth's crust is what type of crust?
The majority of the crust is oceanic crust, basaltic in nature.
Oceans have what type of water?
Oceans have salt water.
What type of crust is under the continents?
contianal crust
