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The continental shelf is located around the edges of the continent where the land drops off into the ocean. It is not necessarily the point where the shore meets the water but the point where the ground drops suddenly and steeply into the ocean depths.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe continental shelf is located around the edges of the continent where the land drops off into the ocean. It is not necessarily the point where the shore meets the water, but the point where the ground drops suddenly and steeply into the ocean depths.
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∙ 14y agoClick on the link below for a map of the Earth's tectonic plates.
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∙ 13y agoBeneath the continents.
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∙ 12y agoAnywhere a continent is.
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Which is thicker continental crust or oceanic crust?
Continental crust A+
What is the continental crust of the earth?
what is the continental crust
This layer of the crust is made of granite?
continental crust
Which is thicker continental crust oceanic crust?
Continental crust is the thicker of the two: it extends far beneath and above the Oceanic crust.
What layer of crust averages 25 miles in thickness?
Continental crust.
Where is the continental crust located?
Continental crust is located under all continents.
What is located on top of the continental crust?
landforms
Which is thicker continental crust or oceanic crust?
Continental crust A+
What is the continental crust of the earth?
what is the continental crust
This layer of the crust is made of granite?
continental crust
Which is thicker continental crust oceanic crust?
Continental crust is the thicker of the two: it extends far beneath and above the Oceanic crust.
What layer of crust averages 25 miles in thickness?
Continental crust.
Which type of crust is thicker oceanic crust or continental crust?
I think it is the continental crust
Oceanic crust is what than continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
What is older the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Why is the ocean crust thinner than the continental crust?
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
What layer of the Earth's crust that is not covered by ocean water is called the crust?
continental crust
