Continental ice sheets press down the Earth's crust.
They deposit rich soil over the land.
Glaciers carve valleys out of rock.
The earths crust is a part of the outermost layer.
Silicon is a mixture of the minerals of the earths crust. so.... silicon isn't something from the earths crust. -thanks for your question.
thinner and denser
In general, the temperature decreases towards the surface.
how wide is the earths crust
"plates" are the term for the giant sheets of rock on the earths crust
Deformation
it means earthquakes will happen more often
Erosian, weathering.
after shock
It causes it to deform - this deformation is called "strain".
tragic
because when it acts on the surface it stretches the rock to make craters or " dents" on the crust.
The earths crust is a part of the outermost layer.
Silicon is a mixture of the minerals of the earths crust. so.... silicon isn't something from the earths crust. -thanks for your question.
thinner and denser
The Earths crust is approximately 650 km deep.