continental plate
continental plate · continental plates
A large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that…A large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that carries continents and acts as part of the broken outer shell floating on the semifluid mantle.
Meaning
1 sensesA large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that carries continents and acts as part of the broken outer shell floating on the semifluid mantle.
Forms
plural: continental plates| Singular | continental plate |
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See also
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