The crust is the hard top layer of the Earth The crust varies in thickness from about 10 kilometers or about 6 miles (below oceans) to 65 kilometers or about 40 miles (below continents)
The thin outermost solid layer of the Earth It varies in thickness from about 5 kilometres (beneath the oceans) to 30 to 70 kilometres (beneath the continents)
The earth's crust is the outer brittle rocks of the earth The crust makes up the top part of the giant plates that move slowly across the surface of the earth
A crust is a hard layer of something, especially on top of a softer or wetter substance. As the water evaporates, a crust of salt is left on the surface of the soil
the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties the outer layer of the Earth a hard outer layer that covers something form a crust or form into a crust; "The bread crusted in the oven
The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface, averaging about 10 kilometers thick under the oceans and up tp about 50 kilometers thick on the continents This is the only layer of the Earth that humans have actually seen
{i} hard outer coating of a loaf of bread; piece of bread which is mainly crust or that is hard and dry; hard coating, hard outer layer; (Geology) outer portion of the earth
The earth's crust is its outer layer. Earthquakes leave scars in the earth's crust. see also upper crust. Outermost solid part of the Earth, essentially composed of a range of igneous and metamorphic rock types. In continental regions, the crust is made up chiefly of granitic rock, whereas the composition of the ocean floor corresponds mainly to that of basalt and gabbro. On average, the crust extends 22 mi (35 km) downward from the surface to the underlying mantle, from which it is separated by the Mohorovii discontinuity (the Moho). The crust and top layer of the mantle together form the lithosphere
The outermost major layer of the earth, ranging from about 10 to 65 km in thickness worldwide The uppermost 15-35 km of crust is brittle enough to produce earthquakes
The outermost and thinnest of the earth's compositional layers The continental crust runs from 20 to 60 km thick (typically 35 km), while the oceanic crust is 10-15km thick, including up to 5 km of ocean water Crustal rocks are less dense than those of the underlying mantle, on average about 2 7 gm/cc