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The 57 pages that link to Oceanic crust, each with the reason it gives.

• Atlantic OceanRelated: Atlantic seafloor consists largely of crust formed along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

• BasaltRelated: Basalt and related rocks make up most of this crust.

• Seafloor spreadingBroader topic: The material being manufactured at ridges and carried away by spreading.

• Pacific PlateBroader topic: The Pacific Plate consists predominantly of this crust.

• Mid-Atlantic RidgeRelated: Every kilometer of this crust was manufactured at a ridge like this one.

• Volcanic islandRelated: Most oceanic volcanic islands rise from seafloor built of oceanic crust.

• Continental crustCompared with: Its typical basaltic composition and rapid recycling contrast with continental crust.

• Eurasian PlateRelated: The plate also carries oceanic crust beneath parts of the Atlantic and Arctic.

• North American PlateRelated: The plate also includes oceanic crust beneath parts of the Atlantic and Arctic.

• African PlateRelated: The plate also includes ocean floor created at spreading ridges.

• Abyssal plainNarrower topic: The plain's sediment cover conceals the older, uneven oceanic crust beneath it.

• OphioliteNarrower topic: Ophiolites preserve pieces of this seafloor layer on land.

• SeamountNarrower topic: Seamounts rise from this crust, whose age and structure influence where they form.

• Back-arc basinRelated: Mature back-arc spreading can produce oceanic crust within the basin.

• Convergent boundaryRelated: Its density makes oceanic crust more likely to descend during convergence.

• Island arcRelated: Island arcs rise on oceanic crust rather than the thicker continental crust typical of continental arcs.

• Mohorovičić discontinuityBroader topic: Its Moho is generally shallower than the boundary beneath continents.

• Tectonic plateBroader topic: It forms much of the oceanic lithosphere and is commonly subducted.

• Decompression meltingRelated: Its basaltic rocks largely crystallize from melts generated beneath spreading ridges.

• South American PlateRelated: The plate also includes oceanic crust beneath part of the South Atlantic.

• Divergent boundaryRelated: It is continually created at oceanic divergent boundaries.

• GabbroRelated: Gabbro makes up much of the lower part of normal oceanic crust.

• Oceanic islandNarrower topic: It is the foundation that distinguishes an oceanic island from a continental island.

• Harry HessBroader topic: Hess’s model tracks this crust from its creation at ridges toward its eventual destruction.

• Farallon PlateRelated: The Farallon Plate consisted chiefly of oceanic lithosphere created at spreading ridges.

• Juan de Fuca PlateNarrower topic: The Juan de Fuca Plate carries oceanic crust toward the continent.

• Afar DepressionRelated: The transition from stretched continental crust toward oceanic crust is observed within Afar’s rifts.

• Flux meltingRelated: Its hydrated rocks can release water as the crust descends into hotter mantle.

• Ocean drillingNarrower topic: Drilling directly samples its composition, structure, and alteration.

• Oceanic lithosphereBroader topic: It is the upper component of oceanic lithosphere.

• Passive marginRelated: It forms the seaward side of the continental-oceanic transition.

• Deep Sea Drilling ProjectRelated: The project established constraints on its age by dating sediments deposited above it.

• Earth's crustBroader topic: It makes up the other major type of crust and is recycled into the mantle.

• Azores Triple JunctionRelated: The junction’s ridge and plateau are expressed in oceanic crust.

• ChertRelated: Chert occurs in marine strata deposited over oceanic crust and may travel with it during subduction.

• GeoneutrinoCompared with: Its lower radioactive-element abundance changes the expected geoneutrino background.

• Marine geologyBroader topic: Its composition and age underpin interpretations of ocean-floor structure.

• Juan de Fuca RidgeRelated: New oceanic crust emerges along the ridge as magma cools.

• OceanRelated: It forms much of the solid floor beneath the oceans.

• Oceanic plateauBroader topic: A plateau is distinguished by having unusually thick, elevated oceanic crust.

• Southeast Indian RidgeRelated: The ridge adds oceanic crust to both sides as the plates diverge.

• Submarine volcanoRelated: Submarine eruptions add lava and new rock to this crust.

• Oceanic core complexRelated: Core complexes can expose lower crust beneath the volcanic seafloor.

• GreenschistRelated: Metamorphosed oceanic crust is a major source of greenschist.

• ContinentsCompared with: Its contrast with continental crust helps explain why continents stand above ocean floors.

• HypsometryCompared with: Its elevations differ sharply from continental surfaces, contributing to Earth’s bimodal hypsometry.

• Pacific–Antarctic RidgeRelated: The ridge produces new oceanic crust as the plates diverge.

• PanthalassaBroader topic: Its production and destruction determined how Panthalassa's seafloor changed.

• Cameroon LineRelated: The line’s island volcanoes rise through oceanic crust before it reaches the continent.

• Continental fragmentCompared with: Its properties distinguish ocean floor from the continental material in a fragment.