It has more iron in it.
Continental crust is generally lighter than oceanic crust.
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
Continental crust is predominantly composed mostly of rock of a granitic composition, higher in silica and aluminum, with layers of sedimentary rock above. Oceanic crust is predominantly basaltic (higher in iron and magnesium), darker, thinner, more dense, and formed from rapid cooling of lava.
Oceanic crust is thinner and of greater density than continental crust.
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
Continental crust is generally lighter than 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!
Continental crust is predominantly composed mostly of rock of a granitic composition, higher in silica and aluminum, with layers of sedimentary rock above. Oceanic crust is predominantly basaltic (higher in iron and magnesium), darker, thinner, more dense, and formed from rapid cooling of lava.
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 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.