| 31. | Normally, the continental crust is about thick, but it reaches thick under the Tibetan Plateau.
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| 32. | The South American Plate drifted northward, riding up over the denser North American continental crust.
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| 33. | The continental crust consists of lower density material such as the igneous rocks granite and andesite.
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| 34. | The Valencia Trough consists of extended continental crust.
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| 35. | :: Continental crust is what you're looking for.
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| 36. | The CVZ is characterized by a continental crust that reaches a thickness of approximately 70 km.
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| 37. | It was derived from the pre-existing continental crust.
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| 38. | Convergent boundaries create foreland basins through tectonic compression of oceanic and continental crust during lithospheric flexure.
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| 39. | With so much remodeling and recycling going on, recognizable remains of early continental crust are scarce.
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| 40. | Plates include both oceanic crust and continental crust.
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