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irina1246 [14]
2 years ago
15

Oceanic crust is it thin based on where it is

Geography
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hichkok12 [17]2 years ago
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Oceanic crust is created as magma rises to fill the gap between diverging tectonic plates and is consumed in subduction zones. It is geologically young, with a mean age of 60 Ma, and is thin, averaging 6.5 km in thickness. Oceanic crust consists almost exclusively of extrusive basalt and its intrusive equivalents.

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