What is continental plate?
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Posted by Rashmi Rekha Mishra 4 years, 3 months ago
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Meghna Thapar 4 years, 3 months ago
The continental plates are made of another volcanic type of silicates called granite. Continental crust is much thicker than oceanic crust---up to 35 kilometers thick. With densities of 2.7 to 2.8 (times that of water), continental plates are less dense than the oceanic plates which have densities of 3. These plates are named after the landforms found on them. The nine major plates are North American, Pacific, Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Australian, Indian, South American and Antarctic. The largest plate is the Pacific Plate at 39,768,522 square miles (103,000,000 square kilometers).
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Rashmi Rekha Mishra 4 years, 3 months ago
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