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Where can the continental crust be found?
The continental crust can be found beneath the land masses or continents on Earth. It is typically thicker and less dense than the oceanic crust, composed of a variety of rock types including granite, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
Where is the crust deepest?
Deepest doesn't really make sense, so I'm going to answer assuming you meant thickest. Oceanic crust or continental crust? Oceanic crust is thickest at spreading centers and continental crust is deepest at collision zones, the Himalayan/Tibet collision zone to be exact.
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
When land masses on earths crust are moving what is it called?
earthquake
When continental crust and oceanic crust collide which one will subduct?
Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust, so when they collide, the oceanic crust will subduct beneath the continental crust. This subduction process can lead to the formation of volcanic arcs and mountain ranges.
What are the parts of the lithosphere called?
The parts of the Lithosphere are the crust, mantel and core.
Where can the continental crust be found?
The continental crust can be found beneath the land masses or continents on Earth. It is typically thicker and less dense than the oceanic crust, composed of a variety of rock types including granite, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
Where is the crust deepest?
Deepest doesn't really make sense, so I'm going to answer assuming you meant thickest. Oceanic crust or continental crust? Oceanic crust is thickest at spreading centers and continental crust is deepest at collision zones, the Himalayan/Tibet collision zone to be exact.
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
Why do isostasy occurs?
equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses
What do earths tectonic plates do?
The plates (continental and ocean plates) ride atop the asthenosphere, a layer of viscous rock in the upper mantle beneath the crust.
What is the layer of the rock beneath the earths crust?
mantle
What lies directly beneath the earths surface?
crust
Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
density
The layer of the earths crust that is not covered by ocean water is called what?
continental crust
When land masses on earths crust are moving what is it called?
earthquake
What is the general composition of earths continental crust?
Water
