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What crust is older in years the continental or the oceanic?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
What are four differences between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
1. The Oceanic crust is dense while the Continental crust is relatively lighter. 2. The Oceanic crust consists of Silicon and Magnessium, while the Continental crust has Silicon and Alluminium. 3. The Oceanic crust is thin, while the Continental crust is thick. 4. The Oceanic crust makes up the ocean floor, while the Continental crust carries the continents.
Do convergent destroy or create crust?
That depends! Continental-Continental convergent boundaries result in the formation of fold mountains. Crust here is neither created or destroyed. Continental-Oceanic and Oceanic-Oceanic collision bounsdaries generally lead to the formation of a subduction zone, where the denser plate (usually the older and therefore cooler oceanic plate) sinks back into the mantle and melts so is destroyed (or more accurately recycled).
What are the three differences between oceanic and Continental crust?
CONTINENTAL CRUST is 35km of thickness and oceanic is 7 km. i hope that helped
When continental crust and oceanic crust collide what happens?
When continental crust and oceanic crust collide, the denser oceanic crust is usually subducted beneath the less dense continental crust. This can create deep ocean trenches, volcanic arcs, and mountain ranges. The subduction of oceanic crust can also lead to the formation of earthquakes and volcanic activity.
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 oceanic crust is always subducted underneath continental crust?
Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust, so when they collide, the denser oceanic crust is forced beneath the lighter continental crust in a process known as subduction. This subduction occurs at convergent plate boundaries where two plates are moving towards each other. The sinking oceanic crust can trigger volcanic activity and create mountain ranges on the continental crust.
What is older the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Is the continental crust thinner than the oceanic crust?
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
Which is thicker continental crust oceanic crust?
Continental crust is the thicker of the two: it extends far beneath and above the Oceanic crust.
Where does the oceanic crust begin?
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.
What crust is older in years the continental or the oceanic?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
The two types of crust?
Oceanic and Continental crust. Oceanic crust is made of basalt. Continental crust is made of granite
What are four differences between the oceanic crust and the continental crust?
1. The Oceanic crust is dense while the Continental crust is relatively lighter. 2. The Oceanic crust consists of Silicon and Magnessium, while the Continental crust has Silicon and Alluminium. 3. The Oceanic crust is thin, while the Continental crust is thick. 4. The Oceanic crust makes up the ocean floor, while the Continental crust carries the continents.
Does the continental or the oceanic crust extend farther into the mantle?
The continental crust because it is thicker than the oceanic crust
Oceanic crust is than continental crust.?
younger
The oceanic crust begins at the continental shelf or rise?
The oceanic crust begins at the continental rise
