Assertion: lithosphere's crust | /r/HasProperty | thick
Facets:
value: unusually
type: DEGREE
value: really
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Continental crust is about 35 to 70 kilometers (22 to 44 miles) thick.
text: As we mentioned earlier, the oceanic crust is made of basalt, which is a really thick rock, and this can press into the mantle and then fill with water.
text: Continental crust is thick and old -- on average about 50 km thick and about 2 billion years old -- and it covers about 40 percent of the planet.
text: Oceanic crust is about 6 km (4 miles) thick.
text: The physical explanation for this condition is that the continental crust is light and thick while the oceanic crust is dense and thin.
text: The continental crust below the plateau is unusually thick.
text: Continental crust is thick (25-70 km thick), low in density, and has an intermediate average composition; oceanic crust is thin (typically 5-10 km thick), higher in density, and has a mafic average composition.
text: In contrast, continental crust is thick (~45 km thick) and buoyant, composed mostly of granitic rocks (average density about 2.5 g/cm³).
text: Oceanic crust lies beneath the oceans and is about five miles (8 km) thick.