"continental" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This means that oceans and continental crust existed within 150 million years of Earth's formation.
- Such old continental crust and the mantle below it are less dense than other places in the earth.
- The under-ocean part constitutes about 20% of the continental crust.
- This oceanic material appears to have been thrust upon the continental crust.
- Granite is currently known only on Earth, where it forms a major part of continental crust.
- In contrast, the bulk of the continental crust is much older.
- The average age of the current Earth's continental crust has been estimated to be about 2.0 billion years.
- The continental crust has an average composition similar to that of andesite.
- Research interests: Origin, development, and structural evolution of the continental crust.
- About 40% of the Earth's surface is now overlaid by continental crust.
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