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The pressure of the Earth's continental crust varies with depth, typically increasing with the weight of overlying material. On average, the pressure increases by about 25-30 megapascals (MPa) for every kilometer of depth. At the crust's average thickness of about 30 kilometers, the pressure can reach around 750-900 MPa. This pressure is significant enough to influence geological processes, including rock formation and metamorphism.
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What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
What do scientists believe that is happening to the segments of earths crust?
it has been washed into the oceans as the continental crust has eroded.
What is the largest layer of earths surface?
The largest layer of Earth's surface is the crust, which is divided into oceanic and continental crust. The continental crust is thicker and less dense than the oceanic crust, covering about 40% of the Earth's surface.
What portion of the earths crust is more dense oceanic or contenintal?
Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust. Oceanic crust has a density of about 3 g/cm^3, while continental crust has a lower density of about 2.7 g/cm^3.
how are boiling milk and earth crust the same?
Earths crust can break under pressure and milk can break its foundation from pressure, both are different types of pressure, but still
What forms the elevated part of the earths crust?
continental crust
The layer of the earths crust that is not covered by ocean water is called what?
continental crust
What is the general composition of earths continental crust?
Water
How thick is the earths continental crust?
The continental crust is about 25 to 70 kilometers thick. The average is about 50 kilometers.
Is the continental crust the land you walk on?
well, to be technical the earths crust is really on the inner outside
The earths crust is made of rock sections called?
Continental plates.
What is not one of the eight common elements in earths continental crust?
Carbon
Which portion of earths crust is more dense. oceanic or continental?
Oceanic
What do scientists believe that is happening to the segments of earths crust?
it has been washed into the oceans as the continental crust has eroded.
Compared to earths continental crust earths oceanic crust is?
Earth's oceanic crust is thinner, denser, and younger than Earth's continental crust. It is primarily composed of basaltic rock, whereas continental crust is made up of less dense granitic rock. Oceanic crust is constantly being formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at subduction zones.
Which movement of the Earths crust implies that the continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust?
Plate tectonic movement and subduction zones.
What composition is earths crust?
oceanic crust is made of basalt while continental crust is made of silica rich rocks like granite.
