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it is 3.0 g.\cm to the third power. Your welcome.
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∙ 9y agoThe density of oceanic crust on average is 2.9.
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Why is oceanic crust lower than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and of greater density than continental crust.
Why oceanic crust is always subducted underneath continental crust?
Due to the higher density of the oceanic crust it is subducted underneath the continental crust.
What accounts for the difference in density between oceanic and continental crust?
The oceanic is heavier
Is the density low or high for the oceanic crust?
high
Why is oceanic crust always subducted underneath the continental crust?
Oceanic crust subducts under continental crust because it is denser. Continental crust's density is too low for it to be forced into the mantle.
Why is oceanic crust lower than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and of greater density than continental crust.
What is the density of continental crust and oceanic crust?
The specific gravity, on average, of continental crust is 2.7. For oceanic crust, it's 2.9.
Why oceanic crust is always subducted underneath continental crust?
Due to the higher density of the oceanic crust it is subducted underneath the continental crust.
What accounts for the difference in density between oceanic and continental crust?
The oceanic is heavier
Why is the oceanic plate subducted when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
The Oceanic plate is subducted under the Continental plate because oceanic crust is much more dense than continental crust. The average density of the oceanic crust is 3g/cm^3 while the average density of continental crust is 2.7g/cm^3.
Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
density
Is the density low or high for the oceanic crust?
high
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.
Why is oceanic crust always subducted underneath the continental crust?
Oceanic crust subducts under continental crust because it is denser. Continental crust's density is too low for it to be forced into the mantle.
Why is the main reason that oceanic crust is heavier than continental crust?
Oceanic crust is mafic in composition and continental crust is felsic in composition. Mafic minerals generally have a higher density than felsic minerals and therefore, the oceanic crust is heavier.
How oceanic crust different?
Oceanic and Contintental crust are different in composition as well as size and density Continental- granitic/50-100km thick Oceanic- basaltic/ up to 10km thick Oceanic crust is more dense making it subduct under continental crust
What is a Earth crust?
the continental crust is the plate crust formed under the continent (less density) as opposed to oceanic crustformed under the ocean(higher density)
