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The crust is composed of two rocks. The ? area is Basalt. The ? area is mostly Granite. Basalt is much more dense than the granite. Because of this, the ? area continental crust can slide on top of the ? area oceanic crust.

|Oceanic Crust| More Dense |Continental Crust |Less Dense|

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The crust is composed of two rocks. The oceanic crust area is Basalt. The continental crust area is mostly Granite. Basalt is much more dense than the granite. Because of this, the continental crust area can slide on top of the oceanic crust area.

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The crust is composed of two rocks. The **oceanic crust** area is Basalt. The **continental crust** area is mostly Granite. Basalt is much more dense than the granite. Because of this, the **continental crust** area can slide on top of the **oceanic crust** area.

The crust is composed of two rocks. The oceanic crust area is Basalt. The continental crust area is mostly Granite. Basalt is much more dense than the granite. Because of this, the continental crust area can slide on top of the oceanic crust area.