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This is the Continental Shelf - a marine-eroded platform submerged or exposed at any given time to a depth set by the state of the Earth's ice-cover at the time. (We are presently in an Ice Age interglacial.)

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Which among is underlain by thin crust?

Oceanic crust is typically thinner than continental crust.


What place is underlain by thin crust?

Continental rifts, such as the East African Rift Zone, are often underlain by thin crust. This thinning of the crust is due to tectonic forces that are pulling the continent apart, causing the crust to stretch and thin in these regions.


What is a sentence using continental crust?

European royalty is not considered to part of the upper continental crust.The continental crust forms the continents and the shallow seabed close to their shores.


What is the crust's continental crust?

Composed mostly of granite, the continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which forms the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves


Is Africa underlain by thin crust?

yes


Does the continental or the oceanic crust extend farther into the mantle?

The continental crust because it is thicker than the oceanic crust


The continental crust is what?

Composed mostly of granite, the continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which forms the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves


How do you describe the ocean floor using the terms continental shelf continental slope and continental margin?

The ocean floor can be described in terms of three primary features: the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental margin. The continental shelf is the shallow, submerged extension of the land, where the ocean is relatively shallow and rich in marine life. Beyond the shelf, the continental slope descends steeply to the deep ocean floor, marking the transition from the shallow coastal waters to the deep sea. The continental margin encompasses both the shelf and slope, forming the boundary between the continental crust and the oceanic crust.


How do the oceanic and continental crust differ?

Because the oceanic crust is under water in the ocean and a continental crust is land such as the continents


Is oceanic crust older than continental crust?

because


Is continental crust older than oceanic crust?

because


What is the continental?

Composed mostly of granite, the continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which forms the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves