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Continental crust beneath a tall, young mountain
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What is the thickest part of the Earth's crust?
The thickest part of the crust is found under the highest elevated mountain ranges on the continents.
What is the thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the continents?
the earth's crust
The crust is only what of earths thickness?
half of earths layer
What is the earths under crust surrounded by?
Earths under crust surrounded by Upper Mantle (35-60 km) .The mantle is composed of sillicate rocks that are rich in iron and magnesium relative to the overlying crust.
How do floods affect the earths crust?
it gets soggy
What is the earth's crust the thickest?
the area of of earths crust that is the thickest is the mantle.
What is the area of the Earth's crust?
the area of of earths crust that is the thickest is the mantle.
Where is the crust the thickest on plate?
Areas of crustal plates with mountains are the greatest in thickness.
What layer is the thickest of earths crust?
The answer is Continental crust.The Mantle is the thickest layer of the Earth. :)
Which is thicker earths crust or lithosphere?
the lithosphere and the crust of the earth are the same lithosphere is another word for crust so the thickest is both of them.
Which of earths layer has is thinnest?
The crust is the thinnest, followed by the outer core, inner core, and the mantle is the thickest.
Where is the crust the thickest the plate?
The crust is thickest beneath the mountains.
Where is the thickest crust found on earth?
The crust is foundunder the continents the crust is between 32 and 70 km thick the crust is made up of loose rocks and soil under the rocks and soil the crust is solid rock we live on the crust
Where would crust be the thickest?
The crust is thickest under continents! The crust is thickest under Mount Everest, where it's approx. 65km deep
What is the thickness of the earths mantle?
The earths mantle is one of the four major layers, laying between the crust and the outer core. At 2885 kilometers, it is the thickest layer.
Where is the crust thickest?
Continental crust
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.
