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The layer of Earth made up largely of the rocks basalt and granite is the?
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The crust.
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What layer of the Earth is made up of the rocks basalt and granite?
The crust.
On which layer of the earth can you find granite?
You would find granite in the continental crust.
What layer of earth's crust is made of granite?
The upper crust of earth has two layer the upper one is made up of granite. This is called a slab of lithosphere.
Is granite part of the crust layer of the earth?
crust!
Which layer in the earth is similar to the composition of granite?
the Continental Crust
What layer of the Earth is made up of the rocks basalt and granite?
The crust.
What layer of the earth contains granite and basalt in the GREATEST abundance?
Crust
What is the top layer of the Earth's crust made of?
basalt, granite, bedrock mostly
On which layer of the earth can you find granite?
You would find granite in the continental crust.
What would you expect to see underneath the layer of granite?
Well, beneath granite you would find any layer of Mafic igneous rock. Basalt is the most common Mafic rock, so that's a good start. It's what you will typically find forming the ocean floor as well as the heavy layer of the earth's crust beneath the granitic layers.
What layer of earth's crust is made of granite?
The upper crust of earth has two layer the upper one is made up of granite. This is called a slab of lithosphere.
Is granite part of the crust layer of the earth?
crust!
Which layer in the earth is similar to the composition of granite?
the Continental Crust
What layer of earth is mostly made up of granite?
crust
Which layer of the earth can be described as thick made of granite and gneiss?
cheese
Why are there no index fossils in the granite and basalt?
Granite and basalt are both igneous rocks - they are formed from magma extruded into another rock layer or from expulsion from a volcano. The heat of the cooling rock would completely melt any fossils they came into contact with and destroy them, so you don't see fossils in these rocks.
Which region layer is largely responsible for the weather experienced at the earth's surface?
Troposphere
