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Does the Hudson Bay sit on top of continental or oceanic crust?
The Hudson Bay sits on top of both the continental and oceanic crust.
When a continental crustal plate collides with an oceanic crustal plate the continental crust is forced to move over the oceanic crust What is the primary reason that the continental crust stays on?
The continental crust is less dense and thicker than oceanic crust, which allows it to stay on top during a collision. The low density and greater thickness of continental crust help it resist subduction beneath the oceanic crust.
What is continental and oceanic crust?
Continental crust is the thicker, less dense, and older type of crust found beneath continents, primarily composed of granite and sedimentary rock. Oceanic crust is the thinner, more dense, and younger type of crust located beneath oceans, primarily composed of basalt. The boundary between continental and oceanic crust is known as the continental-oceanic crust boundary.
Is all oceanic crust below sea level?
No. The Hawaiian Island Chain, for instance, sits on top of oceanic crust.
Why does continental crust stay on top of the oceanic crust?
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust, so the oceanic crust sinks. The earth has layers based on the density of the mineral assemblages. Solid iron core, liquid outer core, heterogenic graded mantle mineral assemblages.... the continental crust and oceanic crust are a part of the near surface of the grading with even the atmosphere grading outwards. The Continental crust is made up of less dense mineral assemblages primarily silicon rich granites and associated sediments. the Oceanic crust is made up of heavier elements like magnesium and Iron in the form of basalts and gabbros.
Does the Hudson Bay sit on top of continental or oceanic crust?
The Hudson Bay sits on top of both the continental and oceanic crust.
What formed when lava cools and crystallizes on top of oceanic crust?
it becomes part of the oceanic crust
Were is the oceanic crust located?
It is found at the bottom of the ocean!
What is oceanic crust composed of?
The oceanic crust composed of sima, mafic rocks and basalt. This is the top layer of the lithosphere which is found in the ocean floor.
WHere does the sea lie?
The sea lies on top of the Oceanic crust.
Where are the elder parts of the ocean floor located?
Oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges and (through the creation of new oceanic crust) is pushed toward a convergent plate boundary where it is subducted. So the oldest oceanic crust would be located at a convergent plate boundary where the oceanic crust is being subducted under continental crust.
When a continental crustal plate collides with an oceanic crustal plate the continental crust is forced to move over the oceanic crust What is the primary reason that the continental crust stays on?
The continental crust is less dense and thicker than oceanic crust, which allows it to stay on top during a collision. The low density and greater thickness of continental crust help it resist subduction beneath the oceanic crust.
What is continental and oceanic crust?
Continental crust is the thicker, less dense, and older type of crust found beneath continents, primarily composed of granite and sedimentary rock. Oceanic crust is the thinner, more dense, and younger type of crust located beneath oceans, primarily composed of basalt. The boundary between continental and oceanic crust is known as the continental-oceanic crust boundary.
Is all oceanic crust below sea level?
No. The Hawaiian Island Chain, for instance, sits on top of oceanic crust.
What is the difference between contiental crust and oceanic crust?
Continental crust is on top of the oceanic crust Continental crust is made of granite whereas oceanic crust is made of basalt Continental crust is partly above sea level and partly below whereas oceanic crust is always below sea level.
Oceanic crust is lighter than the continental crust?
No, the oceanic crust is denser. That's why the land areas "float" so much higher than the ocean bedrock.
What is oceanic-oceanic subduction?
Oceanic crust sinking under a plate with continental crust
