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- Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel
continental crustal setting
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- http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/eventenvironment/continental_crust ↗Go to the persistent identifier link
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| Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel | continental crustal setting |
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| Definitionskos:definition | That type of the Earth's crust which underlies the continents and the continental shelves, it is equivalent to the sial and continental sima and ranges in thickness from about 25 km to more than 70 km under mountain ranges, averaging ~40 km. The density of the continental crust averages ~2.8 g/cm3 and is ~2.7 g.cm3 in the upper layer. The velocities of compressional seismic waves through it average ~6.5 km/s and are less than ~7.0 km/sec. |
| Exact MatchexactMatch |
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/EventEnvironmentValue/continentalCrust
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| Narrowernarrower |
collisional setting
foreland setting hinterland tectonic setting lower continental crustal setting middle continental crust setting upper continental crustal setting |
| Broaderbroader |
crustal setting
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| See AlsoseeAlso | Event Environment |
| Is Defined ByisDefinedBy | Event Environment |