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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTINENTAL CRUST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTINENTAL CRUST

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Continental crust is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CONTINENTAL CRUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

continental crust

Continental crust

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 because of the mafic or basaltic rock. Consisting mostly of granitic rock, continental crust has a density of about 2.7 g/cm3 and is less dense than the material of the Earth's mantle, which consists of ultramafic rock. Continental crust is also less dense than oceanic crust, though it is considerably thicker; mostly 25 to 70 km versus the average oceanic thickness of around 7–10 km. About 40% of the Earth's surface is now overlaid by continental crust. Continental crust makes up about 70% of the volume of Earth's crust.

Definition of continental crust in the English dictionary

The definition of continental crust in the dictionary is that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTINENTAL CRUST

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTINENTAL CRUST

antirust
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National Trust
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upper crust
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Synonyms and antonyms of continental crust in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «continental crust» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTINENTAL CRUST

Find out the translation of continental crust to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of continental crust from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «continental crust» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大陆地壳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corteza continental
570 millions of speakers

English

continental crust
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महाद्वीपीय परत
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

القشرة القارية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

континентальная кора
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crosta continental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহাদেশীয় ভূত্বক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

croûte continentale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerak benua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kontinentalen Kruste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大陸地殻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대륙 지각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lemah ndhuwur
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lớp vỏ lục địa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்டல் மேலோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉन्टिनेन्टल कवच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıtasal kabuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crosta continentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skorupa kontynentalna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

континентальна кора
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crusta continentală
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ηπειρωτικού φλοιού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kontinentale kors
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kontinentala jordskorpan
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

kontinental skorpe
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTINENTAL CRUST»

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Evolution and Differentiation of the Continental Crust
The final chapters review the emplacement and growth of plutons and outline a modeling approach to the physical controls on crustal differentiation. This is a valuable summary of recent advances for graduate students and research workers.
Michael Brown, Tracy Rushmer, 2006
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The Continental Crust
Graduates in geology, geochemistry and geophysics will find this volume in the Geoscience Texts series a valuable reference text.
Stuart Ross Taylor, Scott Mellin McLennan, 1985
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The Continental Crust: A Geophysical Approach
The combination of observations, theory and accompanying illustrative laboratory experiments sets this text apart by making it accessible to students with no prior training in meteorology or oceanography. * Written at a mathematical level ...
Rolf Meissner, 1986
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Palaeomagnetism and the Continental Crust
Topics covered include theory of rock and mineral magnetism, field and laboratory methods, growth and consolidation of the continental crust in Archaean and Proterozoic times, Palaeozoic palaeomagnetism and the formation of Pangaea, the ...
J. D. A. Piper, 1987
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Arc Volcano of Japan: Generation of Continental Crust from ...
The text considers both tectonic and igneous processes, covering topics like sedimentary accretion, terrane accretion, and the separation of continental crust from the mantle.
Takeru Yanagi, 2011
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Seismic Exploration of the Deep Continental Crust: Methods ...
Reprint from Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH), Volume 156 (1999), No. 1/2
Dirk Gajewski, Wolfgang Rabbel, 1999
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Precambrian Continental Crust and its Economic Resources
The present volume provides data and interpretations which will help in formulating the answer to some of these questions. The book contains 30 contributions resulting from researches on almost all the important Precambrian terranes.
S.M. Naqvi, 1990
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Observation of the Continental Crust Through Drilling II
The purpose of this book is to inform geoscientists about the progress made in scientific continental deep drilling as a new method for studying the continental crust.
Hans-Jürgen Behr, Francis G. Stehli, Helmut Vidal, 2012
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The Crust
The Treatise on Geochemistry is the first work providing a comprehensive, integrated summary of the present state of geochemistry.
Roberta L. Rudnick, 2005
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Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets 2 Volume Set
7.3 Continental Crustal Formation Question 2.12: How is continental crust formed ? Can currently observed processes, i.e., subduction-related volcanism and continental rift or hot spot volcanism, lead to the formation of continental crust, or was ...
Gerald Schubert, Donald L. Turcotte, Peter Olson, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTINENTAL CRUST»

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Radioisotope studies show the continental crust formed 3 billion …
Variation in the thickness of juvenile continental crust through time. Credit: (c) 2015 Nature Geoscience, 2015. doi:10.1038/ngeo2466. «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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The Continents Rose Above Earth's Oceans Way Earlier Than We …
The Earth's thick continental crust -- the rocky stuff that makes up the land masses on which we live -- may have risen from the oceans much ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Continents Rose Above Oceans 3 Billion Years Ago
Determining what the earliest continental crust was like and when it formed can be tricky, because Earth's crust has melted and mixed together ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
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Geochemistry: Rise of the continents
The continents are archives of Earth's evolution. Analysis of the isotopic signature of continental crust globally suggests that buoyant, silicic ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 Understanding subduction zone …
Europium anomalies constrain the mass of recycled lower continental crust. Ming Tang et al., University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland ... «EurekAlert, Jun 15»
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'Oh, Thou Maker of Mountains … '
Mountains are formed over eons of time when an oceanic plate pushes under the continental crust, or when one tectonic plate slides under ... «Eureka Times Standard, Jun 15»
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Indonesia Earthquake 2015 Today Prompts No Tsunami Threat
... that the Flores Zone marks the transition between subduction of oceanic crust in the west and the collision of continental crust in the east. ”. «LALATE, Jun 15»
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Indian Subcontinent's Quake-Causing Collision Course
Whatever was north of India has long since disappeared into the mantle, and continental crust does not provide the same downward pull. «New York Times, May 15»
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Geophysicists head to Hajar Mountains in search of black gold
What makes them of great interest to scientists is the way that the heavier oceanic crust has been pushed up over the lighter continental crust ... «The National, May 15»
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Weird noise heard across the globe for nearly a DECADE without …
... types of material: oceanic crust (also called sima from silicon and magnesium) and continental crust (sial from silicon and aluminium). «Daily Mail, May 15»

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