the composition of the continental crust is predominantly
Properties and Composition of the Earth's Crust. The continental crust is between 10 km and 70 km thick, depending on the location. As you descend through the crust, the temperature increases from surface temperature to between 300 degrees Celsius and 500 degrees Celsius.ontinental crust is between 10 km and 70 km thick, reaches temperatures as high as 500 degrees Celsius, pressures as high as 91,000 atmospheres, and is made up of rock that is mostly felsic and granitic. It is thanks to the formation of continental crust that humans and all land-evolved species exist.