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What crust is older in years the continental or the oceanic?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Is the oceanic crust dense?
Yes. It is more dense than continental crust.
Why does the oceanic sink beneath continental crust at convergent boundaries?
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust. That's the reason we find that the oceanic crust sinks (subducts) beneath the continental crust.Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust and so cannot sink below it.
What are three differences between oceanic and continental crust?
Continental crust is mostly composed out of granite, oceanic crust out of basalt.Continental crust is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.
Explain why continental crust can displace more of the mantle than oceanic crust can?
Continental crust is generally thicker and less dense than oceanic crust, allowing it to displace more of the mantle beneath it. The buoyancy of continental crust enables it to float higher on the mantle compared to the denser oceanic crust, which sinks deeper into the mantle. Additionally, the composition of continental crust, which includes lighter materials like granite, contributes to its ability to displace a larger volume of mantle. This difference in density and thickness results in continental crust having a greater gravitational pull on the mantle compared to 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!
What is older the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Oceanic crust is than continental crust.?
younger
What crust is older in years the continental or the oceanic?
Continental crust is far older than oceanic crust.
Does the continental or the oceanic crust extend farther into the mantle?
The continental crust because it is thicker than the oceanic crust
Is the oceanic crust dense?
Yes. It is more dense than continental crust.
Why is the ocean crust thinner than the continental crust?
It is not. The oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust!
Why does the oceanic sink beneath continental crust at convergent boundaries?
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust. That's the reason we find that the oceanic crust sinks (subducts) beneath the continental crust.Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust and so cannot sink below it.
Why does the continental crust go father down into the mantle than the oceanic crust?
Continental crust, on average, is much thicker than oceanic crust. Because of the principles of isostacy and buoyancy, the continental crust will protrude more deeply into the asthenosphere than oceanic crust.
Is earth's continental crust thicker or thinner than the oceanic crust?
On average, it is much thicker than oceanic 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.
