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continental crust
(redirected from continental crusts)

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continental crust  (knt-nntl)
See under crust.
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Volcanoes most often form on or near tectonic plate boundaries, regions where Earth's nine continental crusts converge (see map).
Deadly Congo Volcano. (Earth News) by Dyer, Nicole / Science World
This former seafloor, or oceanic crust, makes up the belt, and differs in composition and density from the surrounding two continental crusts.
Earliest evidence of plate tectonics by Flam, Faye / Science News
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