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The youngest parts of Earth's crust is what?
The youngest crust is nearest the mid-oceanic ridges, where new crust is formed from upwelling magma.
What layer of the crust is the most dense?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
What element has the greatest abundance in the Earth's crust?
Oxygen is the most common and abundant element in the Earth's crust having 47% of the mass.
What is the first most abundant material in Earth's crust?
Rock is the most abundant material in the crust.
Where can you find the youngest rock?
Possibly the birthplace of a rock. maybe volcano.
What country would you find the youngest oceanic crust?
Iceland
The youngest parts of Earth's crust is what?
The youngest crust is nearest the mid-oceanic ridges, where new crust is formed from upwelling magma.
Where can the youngest oceanic crust be found?
The youngest oceanic crust can be found near the mid-ocean ridges.
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.
Where is the youngest rock found in the earth's crust?
The youngest rocks in the crust are found on and near active volcanoes, such as those at mid-ocean ridges.
Where is the youngest rock found in the earth's crust found?
The youngest rocks in the crust are found on and near active volcanoes, such as those at mid-ocean ridges.
Which has the younger rock the continental crust or oceanic crust?
The youngest rocks will be formed from cooled magma. Therefore volcanism, either on the continental crust or oceanic crust will create the youngest rocks.
What is the youngest part of earth's crust?
The youngest parts of the Earth's crust are the midocean rifts. It is approximately 1,500 km wide, 1 to 3 km high, and over 84,000 km long.
Where are the youngest portions of the Earth's crust?
They can be found in Oceanic Ridges.
The thickest part of the crust occurs in what?
Youngest mountain ranges
Where are the youngest rocks found?
usually the youngest rocks are found on the top of the earths crust
If you were to tunnel into the crust of the earth what kind of rock would you most likely find there?
You would find metamorphic rock in Earth's crust.
