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- Crust (geology) (1183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Earth-crust-cutaway-english.png|thumb|350px|[[Earth]] cutaway...
3: ...se]] material than that of its deeper layers. The crust of the [[Earth]] is composed mainly of [[basalt]]...
5: ... dense rock called [[basalt]]. The [[continental crust]] (sial) is 20-70 km deep and is composed mainly ...
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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
4: ...eychelles]] plateau, are fragments of continental crust that lie separate from continents; they are analo... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...n]] into the atmosphere, iron can be found in the crust only in combination with [[oxygen]] or [[sulfur]]... - Continent (6440 bytes)
45: ...volcanic [[Iceland]] is an exposed bit of oceanic crust, and therefore not a microcontinent. Likewise, th... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...thosphere]], which includes the [[Crust (geology)|crust]], is fragmented into [[tectonic plates]] that mo...
44: ...ses observed in operation that modify the Earth's crust at present have worked in much the same way over ... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
53: ...ve long half-lives, and so persist in the Earth's crust, but radioactive elements with short half-lives h... - Lithosphere (1918 bytes)
1: ...ntle or lower lithosphere) which is joined to the crust.
3: ...ntle float on the more plastic asthenosphere. The crust is distinguished from the mantle, and hence the u...
5: ...pproximately 130 km (80 mi) beneath older oceanic crust. The thickness of the continental lithospheric pl...
10: * The [[Oceanic crust|oceanic lithosphere/crust]].
11: * The [[Continental crust|continental lithosphere/crust]]. - Crust (geology) (1183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Earth-crust-cutaway-english.png|thumb|350px|[[Earth]] cutaway...
3: ...se]] material than that of its deeper layers. The crust of the [[Earth]] is composed mainly of [[basalt]]...
5: ... dense rock called [[basalt]]. The [[continental crust]] (sial) is 20-70 km deep and is composed mainly ... - Tectonic plate (1989 bytes)
2: ...ic plate''' is a piece of the [[Earth|Earth's]] [[crust]] (or [[lithosphere]]). The surface of the Earth ...
4: ...anic crust (also called ''sima'') and continental crust (''sial''). Under both lies a relatively plastic ...
6: ... crust also differ in thickness, with continental crusts considerably thicker than oceanic.
12: ... possessed plates in the past before the planet's crust froze in place. - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
8: ...[Mantle (geology)|mantle]], and [[Crust (geology)|crust]]. The key principle of plate tectonics is that t...
12: ...: [[continental crust|continental]] and [[oceanic crust|oceanic]] lithospheres; for example, the [[Africa...
29: ...nd the space that this creates is filled with new crustal material sourced from molten [[magma]] that for...
94: ...hrough the much denser rock that makes up oceanic crust.
114: ...ts adjoining continent moved together on the same crustal unit, or plate. In 1967, [[Jason Morgan]] propo... - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
3: ...eath the surface of the Earth's [[Crust (geology)|crust]]. The word "igneous" is derived from the [[Latin...
6: ...ch have a relatively low density, and beneath the crust there is the denser rock of the mantle, which ext...
10: ...ety five percent of the upper part of the Earth's crust, but their great abundance is hidden on the Earth...
25: ...Intrusive igneous rocks''' crystallize within the crust interior. - Earth (30908 bytes)
17: ...ter [[silicon|siliceous]] solid [[Crust (geology)|crust]], a highly viscous [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]], ...
19: ...>8</sup>) years old; the very oldest parts of the crust are as much as 4.4 billion (4.4×10<sup>9</s...
60: **0 to 35 km - Crust (locally varies 5-70 km)
68: ...o bind to lighter elements and thus remain in the crust (see: [[felsic|felsic materials]]).
74: [[Image:Earth-crust-cutaway-english.png|thumb|350px|left|Earth cutawa... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
107: ...agma upwards into the solid layer (the earth's '''crust''') beneath a volcano and occupying a '''magma ch...
109: ...it rises up through weak areas in the continental crust, eventually erupting as one or more volcanoes. Fo...
128: ...tions caused by the presence of thick continental crust are very substantial, and the magmas produced are...
132: ... variable thicknesses of more-or-less continental crust. Unsurprisingly, their compositions are much more...
138: ...intersection is with the underside of continental crust. Iceland is sometimes cited as yet a third classi... - Desert (21206 bytes)
93: ...hardpan]]. The flat area of clay, silt, or sand encrusted with salt that forms is known as a playa. There... - Old wives' tale (4347 bytes)
34: *Eating the crust of bread makes your hair curl. - Cave (10592 bytes)
11: ...n and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
12: The liquid lava inside the crust flows out and leaves a hollow tube. - Earth science (5396 bytes)
4: ...h's core|core]], [[Earth's mantle|mantle]], and [[crust]]. Major subdisciplines are [[geophysics]], [[geo... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
16: ...o as Mercury's core cooled and shrank causing the crust to wrinkle. The majority of Mercury's surface is ...
192: ...t would have stripped away much of the original [[crust]] and [[mantle (geology)|mantle]]; leaving the co... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
15: ...], among others) divided the rocks of the Earth's crust into four types: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, an... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
27: ...obe|Magellan]] gravity data indicate that Venus's crust is stronger and thicker than had previously been ...
29: ...gen is thought to have combined with atoms in the crust (large amounts of oxygen, however, remain in the ...
99: ...ometer]] analyzed the chemical composition of the crust.
105: ...e first pictures of the surface and analyzing the crust with a gamma ray spectrometer and a densitometer....
121: ...robably composed of phosphoric acid solution. The crust of Venus was analyzed with the soil drill experim... - Mars (27704 bytes)
18: ...aled that parts of the planet's [[Crust (geology)|crust]] has been magnetized in alternating bands, typic...
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