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It has more iron in it.
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Is continental crust darker in color than oceanic or lighter?
Continental crust is generally lighter than oceanic crust.
Oceanic crust is what than continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
How do continental crust differ from oceanic?
Continental crust is predominantly composed mostly of rock of a granitic composition, higher in silica and aluminum, with layers of sedimentary rock above. Oceanic crust is predominantly basaltic (higher in iron and magnesium), darker, thinner, more dense, and formed from rapid cooling of lava.
Why is oceanic crust lower than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and of greater density than continental crust.
Why does the oceanic crust sit lower in the mantle than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
Is continental crust darker in color than oceanic or lighter?
Continental crust is generally lighter than oceanic crust.
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.
Is the continental crust thinner than the oceanic crust?
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
Oceanic crust is what than continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
How do continental crust differ from oceanic?
Continental crust is predominantly composed mostly of rock of a granitic composition, higher in silica and aluminum, with layers of sedimentary rock above. Oceanic crust is predominantly basaltic (higher in iron and magnesium), darker, thinner, more dense, and formed from rapid cooling of lava.
Why is oceanic crust lower than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner and of greater density than continental crust.
What is older the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Why does the oceanic crust sit lower in the mantle than the continental crust?
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
Which is denser Oceanic Crust or Continental Crust?
The Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust
What crust is older in years the continental or the oceanic?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
What are the two types of crust on the earth?
There are two types of crust, and they are the oceanic crust and the continental crust. Oceanic crust is thinner yet more dense than continental crust, and continental crust is on average older than oceanic crust :)
Differences of the continental crust and oceanic crust?
Thickness - continental = much thickerDensity - oceanic crust is denser than continental, which is why the oceanic crust subducts under the continental at destructive plates boundaries.
