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The 41 pages that link to Continental crust, each with the reason it gives.

• GraniteRelated: Granite-like rocks are widespread in continental crust, where their low density matters.

• Eurasian PlateRelated: Most of the plate's land area consists of continental crust.

• Continental collisionRelated: Its buoyancy and strength distinguish continental collision from continued oceanic subduction.

• North American PlateRelated: It supports most of the continent carried by the plate.

• CratonRelated: Its thick, buoyant roots form the upper part of a craton.

• Partial meltingRelated: Partial melting of older crust helps generate silica-rich continental magmas.

• African PlateRelated: Most of Africa carried by the plate rests on continental crust.

• PrecambrianRelated: Its growth during the Precambrian created enduring landmasses and geological archives.

• RodiniaRelated: Rodinia consisted of continental crust assembled into a single landmass.

• Convergent boundaryRelated: Its buoyancy resists subduction and favors crustal shortening during collision.

• Island arcRelated: Arc magmas may contribute new material to continental crust, though the amount later preserved is debated.

• South American PlateRelated: It forms the land-bearing portion of the plate beneath South America.

• Divergent boundaryRelated: Its stretching and thinning can initiate continental rifting.

• Jack Hills zirconRelated: Zircon chemistry helps reconstruct the early crust from which the crystals formed.

• Acasta GneissRelated: Its ancient tonalitic rocks bear on when and how continental crust first developed.

• Passive marginRelated: It forms the landward side of the boundary across a passive margin.

• Silicon–oxygen tetrahedronRelated: Framework silicates dominate this crust, so tetrahedral linkage shapes the ground we live on.

• GeoneutrinoRelated: Its concentrated uranium and thorium dominate the signal at many detector locations.

• Fennoscandian ShieldRelated: The shield exposes some of Europe’s oldest continental crust.

• MigmatiteRelated: Migmatites expose processes that differentiate and reshape its deep levels.

• PaleoarcheanRelated: The timing and extent of Paleoarchean continental crust formation remain uncertain.

• ContinentsRelated: Its composition and buoyancy distinguish most continental land from ocean-floor crust.

• Cameroon LineRelated: The Cameroon segment crosses continental crust, unlike the chain’s offshore island segment.

• Mountain formationRelated: Its buoyancy and thickness influence how collision raises mountain belts.

• Fold mountainsRelated: Continental crust shortens, thickens, and uplifts during the collisions that build many fold mountains.

• NeoarcheanRelated: Its expansion and reworking are defining geological changes of this era.

• VaalbaraRelated: Vaalbara bears on when substantial continental crust existed and how it was assembled.