The oceans flow to the places where the crust is the lowest. Gravity causes them to flow downward. The mantle, below the crust, is at the same depth everywhere, so if the crust is lower, it is because it is thinner.
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust. That's the reason we find that the oceanic crust sinks (subducts) beneath the continental crust.Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust and so cannot sink below it.
Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust.
Continental crust is mostly composed out of granite, oceanic crust out of basalt.Continental crust is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.
No, in fact it is the opposite. The continental crust is thicker and less dense than the oceanic crust.
No, the oceanic crust is denser. That's why the land areas "float" so much higher than the ocean bedrock.
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
Oceanic crust is thinner and of greater density than continental crust.
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
The Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust
Continental crust is generally lighter than oceanic crust.
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
There are two types of crust, and they are the oceanic crust and the continental crust. Oceanic crust is thinner yet more dense than continental crust, and continental crust is on average older than oceanic crust :)
Thickness - continental = much thickerDensity - oceanic crust is denser than continental, which is why the oceanic crust subducts under the continental at destructive plates boundaries.
The continental crust because it is thicker than the oceanic crust