What is formed on top of continental crust?
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What is formed on top of the continental crust known as continental shelves? What is formed on top of continental crust and chemically reacts through the soil forming process?
ocean waters shelf seas sea shelf sea water
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Continental crust Abundance of elements in Earth's crust Oceanic crust Continental collision List of tectonic plates Obduction Continental arc Craton Basement (geology) Delamination (geology)
<b>Continental crust</b> is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks 
that forms the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores,&nbsp;... Abundance (atom fraction) of the chemical elements in Earth&#39;s upper <b>continental</b> 
<b>crust</b> as a function of atomic number. The rarest elements in the crust (shown in&nbsp;... <b>Continental</b> and oceanic <b>crust</b> on the upper earth mantle. Oceanic <b>crust</b> is the 
uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate. It is composed of&nbsp;... <b>Continental crust</b> is subducted with difficulty, but is subducted to depths of 90-150 
km or more, as evidenced&nbsp;... The composition of the two types of crust differs markedly, with mafic basaltic 
rocks dominating oceanic crust, while <b>continental crust</b> consists principally of&nbsp;... Obduction is the overthrusting of <b>continental crust</b> by oceanic crust or mantle 
rocks at a convergent plate boundary, such as closing of an ocean or a mountain
&nbsp;... The magmatism and petrogenesis of <b>continental crust</b> are complicated: in 
essence, continental arcs reflect a mixture of oceanic crust materials, mantle 
wedge and&nbsp;... A craton is an old and stable part of the <b>continental</b> lithosphere, which consists of 
the Earth&#39;s two topmost layers, the <b>crust</b> and the uppermost mantle. Having&nbsp;... <b>Continental crust</b>[edit]. Basement rock is the thick foundation of ancient, and 
oldest, metamorphic and igneous rock that forms the crust of continents, often in 
the&nbsp;... Delamination occurs when the lower <b>continental crust</b> and mantle lithosphere 
break away from the upper <b>continental crust</b>. There are two conditions that need 
to&nbsp;...
Mantle (geology) Mantle (API) Mantle (mollusc) Mickey Mantle Mantle Mantle (clothing) Earth's mantle Mantle plume The Mantle Mantle wedge
A <b>mantle</b> is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above 
by a crust. <b>Mantles</b> are made of rock or ices, and are generally the largest and&nbsp;... <b>Mantle</b> was a low-overhead rendering API targeted at 3D video games. AMD 
originally developed <b>Mantle</b> in cooperation with DICE, starting in 2013. <b>Mantle</b> 
was&nbsp;... The <b>mantle</b> is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body 
wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps 
well&nbsp;... Mickey Charles <b>Mantle</b> (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed The 
Commerce Comet and The Mick, was an American professional baseball player. <b>Mantle</b> may refer to: <b>Mantle</b> (geology), a layer in the interior of Earth or another 
planet; <b>Mantle</b> (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as&nbsp;... A <b>mantle</b> is a type of loose garment usually worn over indoor clothing to serve the 
same purpose as an overcoat. Technically, the term describes a long, loose&nbsp;... The Earth&#39;s <b>mantle</b> is a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core. 
Its mass of 4.01 × 10<sup>24</sup> kg is 67% the mass of the Earth. It has a thickness of&nbsp;... A <b>mantle</b> plume is a proposed mechanism of convection of abnormally hot rock 
within the Earth&#39;s <b>mantle</b>. Because the plume head partly melts on reaching&nbsp;... The <b>Mantle</b> is the second studio album by American folk metal band Agalloch. 
The album was released on August 13, 2002 by The End Records. A <b>mantle</b> wedge is a triangular shaped piece of <b>mantle</b> that lies above a 
subducting tectonic plate and below the overriding plate. This piece of <b>mantle</b> 
can be&nbsp;...
Pedosphere Talk:Pedosphere Carbon cycle Environmental soil science Soil science Pedology Earth's critical zone Soil biomantle Earth science Earth system science
The <b>pedosphere</b> is the outermost layer of the Earth that is composed of soil and 
subject to soil formation processes. It exists at the interface of the lithosphere,&nbsp;... &quot;The <b>pedosphere</b> is the outermost layer of the Earth that is composed of soil and 
... total of all the organisms, soils, water and air is termed as the &quot;<b>pedosphere</b>&quot;. The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged 
among the biosphere, <b>pedosphere</b>, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of
&nbsp;... Environmental soil science is the study of the interaction of humans with the 
<b>pedosphere</b> as well as critical aspects of the biosphere, the lithosphere, the&nbsp;... Soil occupies the <b>pedosphere</b>, one of Earth&#39;s spheres that the geosciences use to 
organize the Earth conceptually. This is the conceptual perspective of&nbsp;... Soil is not only a support for vegetation, but it is also the <b>pedosphere</b>, the locus of 
numerous interactions between climate (water, air, temperature), soil life&nbsp;... ... and water bodies, and extends through the <b>pedosphere</b>, unsaturated vadose 
zone, and saturated groundwater zone. Critical Zone science is the integration of
&nbsp;... The <b>pedosphere</b>, or soil, is the planetary interface where Earth&#39;s five great global &#39;
spheres&#39; interact. These are the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere,&nbsp;... Soil science covers the outermost layer of the Earth&#39;s crust that is subject to soil 
formation processes (or <b>pedosphere</b>). Major subdivisions in this field of study&nbsp;... Earth System science (ESS) is the application of systems science to the Earth. In 
particular, it considers interactions and &#39;feedbacks&#39;, through material and energy 
fluxes, between the Earth&#39;s sub-systems&#39; cycles, processes and &quot;spheres&quot;—
atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, <b>pedosphere</b>, lithosphere, 
biosphere,&nbsp;...
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