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continental crust
continental crust n (Geological Science) geology that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves Translationsконтинентальная кораматериковая кораcontinental crust
continental crust[¦känt·ən¦ent·əl ′krəst] (geology) The basement complex of rock, that is, metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rock with associated igneous rocks mainly granitic, that underlies the continents and the continental shelves. |