What is the difference between Earth’s continental crust and the oceanic crust?
The names give away their locations. The oceanic layer, underneath all of the oceans, is only 2.5 to 3 miles (4 to 5 kilometers) thick at its deepest and is very dense. The continental crust can be up to 40 miles (64 kilometers) thick. It is not as dense as the oceanic crust, so it is more buoyant, or capable of floating. The co
