Continental crust

Synonyms for "continental crust" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(2 words)
classroom termcontinental lithosphere

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
earth crusteducational termgranite crust

Related words (4)

Adjective(4 words)
granitic crustinlandland crustlandward

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
earth science termgeography termgeologic layergeological layergeology termlithosphere

More specific

7 entries
felsic continental crustfelsic crustgeography termgeology termgranite crustgranitic continental crustgranitic crust

Collocations

6 entries
continental crust formationcrustal thicknessfelsic continental crustgranitic continental crustoceanic crustthick continental crust

Inflections

1 entries
continental crusts

Derivations

2 entries
continental crustscrustal

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

As a result, very few regions of the continental crust are in truly static steady-state thermal conditions.

Source: wiktionary