The continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which forms the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. This layer is sometimes called sial because there is more felsic, or granitic, bulk composition, which lies in contrast to the oceanic crust, called sima b...
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layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves.
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Solid, outer layers of the earth, including the rocks of the continents.
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(from the article `North America`) Continental crust is thicker, 22 mi (35 km) on average and less dense than oceanic crust, which accounts for its mean surface elevation of about 3 mi ... The oceanic crust differs from the continental crust in several ways: it is thinner, denser, younger, of different chemical composition, and created ...
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Solid, outer layers of the earth, including the rocks of the continents.
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The type of crust underlying the continents, including the continental shelves. The continental crust is commonly about 35 km thick. Its maximum thickness is 60 km, beneath mountain ranges. Its density is 2.7 g/cm3, and the velocities of primary seismic waves traveling through the crust are less than 6.2 km/sec. Synonymous with sial. Contrast with ...
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Solid, outer layers of the earth, including the rocks of the continents. The part of the crust that directly underlies the continents and continental shelves. Averages about 35 km in thickness, but may be over 70 km thick under largest mountain ranges.
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Granitic portion of the Earth's crust that makes up the continents. Thickness of the continental crust varies between 20 to 75 kilometers. See sial layer.
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The Earth's crust that includes both the continents and the continental shelves.
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The Earth's crust that includes both the continents and the continental shelves.
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The Earth's crust that includes both the continents and the continental shelves.
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The layer of the Earth that lies under continents and the continental shelves. It ranges in thickness from 35 to 60 km. Its upper layer has a density of 2.7 g/cm3 and is composed of rocks that are rich in silica and alumina.
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