The oceanic crust is the part of the earth's crust that is below the ocean. The rock that makes up the oceanic crust is about 200 million years old.
mid-ocean ridge
On geologic time scales, new oceanic crust is constantly being formed ad mid-ocean ridges while older crust is destroyed at subduction zones. The crust forms at the ridge and is carried away by the movement of the plate as new crust forms to take its place. The oceanic crust is youngest new a mid ocean ridge and oldest far away from it.
No, the theory is that Seafloor spreading state that the new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and is destroyed at deep sea trenches.
it subducts underneath the crustal plate
The two parts of the crust that make up the earth. The continental supports land while the oceanic crust is at the bottom of the ocean. - Anonymous
Hydrosphere (Ocean) Lithosphere (Crust and rigid mantle) Source: My memory. (former Earth Science student)
You can say that it is low in silica. -I had this problem in my science class ^_^
The crust is the Ocean floor. There is Oceanic Crust, And then There is Continental Crust.
Ocean crust is denser
Crust under the oceans is called oceanic crust.
it is basalt or oceonic crust
Oceanic Crust
Oceanic crust
Basalt is the dominant rock in the ocean crust. And I assume Granite is dominant for continental crust.
Oceanic crust is the part of Earth's lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins.
Oceanic crust is the part of Earth's lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins.
Oceanic crust is the part of Earth's lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins.