Granite is one of the main rocks that makes up the continental crust.
The main mineral that makes up the continental crust is feldspar. It is one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust and is commonly found in granite and other rocks that make up the continental crust.
The light colored rock that makes up most of the continental crust is granite. It is a coarse-grained igneous rock composed mainly of quartz and feldspar minerals. Granite is less dense than the dark basaltic rock that makes up oceanic crust.
younger
granite or rhyolite
The oceanic crust begins at the Mid-Ocean Ridge, where tectonic plates are moving apart, allowing magma to rise and solidify, forming new crust. This process of seafloor spreading creates the youngest oceanic crust at the ridge and older crust farther away from it.
The main mineral that makes up the continental crust is feldspar. It is one of the most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust and is commonly found in granite and other rocks that make up the continental crust.
The light colored rock that makes up most of the continental crust is granite. It is a coarse-grained igneous rock composed mainly of quartz and feldspar minerals. Granite is less dense than the dark basaltic rock that makes up oceanic crust.
granite
Granite
younger
granite or rhyolite
granite or rhyolite
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
Silicate minerals compose the crust.
Plagioclase Feldspar and Biotite and Amphibole
Simply put, that crust which is above sea level. Most (but not all) of this crust is also "continental" crust.
The oceanic crust begins at the Mid-Ocean Ridge, where tectonic plates are moving apart, allowing magma to rise and solidify, forming new crust. This process of seafloor spreading creates the youngest oceanic crust at the ridge and older crust farther away from it.