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What are large moving rock slabs that make up earths hard surface?
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∙ 14y ago
The crust of the Earth is made of Igneous, Metamorphic_rocks, and Sedimentary_rockrocks. The Oceanic_crustof the sheet is different from its Continental_crust.theoceanic crust is made of Basalt, Diabase, and Gabbro,while the continental crust is made of Graniteand oter dense rocks, also they are not slabs unless if you mean rocks that were in a fault a fault: is a fracture in the Earth's crust where one side moves with respect to the other side. OK is that enough info!
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThey are called Tetonic Plates, there are a total of 12 plates:
Eurasian
Arabian
Antarica
Australian-Indian
Philppine
Juan de Fuca
Pacific
Cocos
Nazca
North American
South American
Carribean
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∙ 11y agoWiki User
∙ 10y agoThe type of large slabs of rock that the earth is covered in is igneous rock.
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∙ 15y agoThey are called lithospheric plates, comprised of the crust and uppermost hard, rocky mantle.
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∙ 8y agorocky materials
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∙ 14y agoPlates.
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∙ 12y agoThe Crust
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∙ 8y agoThe crust.
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What states that the earths lithoshere is broken into huge moving slabs of rock driven by motions in the mantle?
The theory of plate tectonics states that the lithosphere is broken into moving pieces of earth driven by convection currents located inside the mantle.
The idea that Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates is known as?
That is plate tectonics. These slabs are constantly moving generating earth quakes.
Are tectonic plate under ground or above ground?
Tectonic Plates are the ground. They are large slabs of earth that float on top of the magma.
What states that Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates that move slowly over Earth's surface?
The theory of plate tectonics.
What are the large and small slabs of rock that meake up pieces of the lithosphere?
They are called lithospheric or tectonic plates, of which there are around 30 worldwide, encompassing the entire hard brittle surface layer of the Earth.
What do you call the moving irregularly shaped slabs that make up the earths lithosphere?
Tectonic plates.
What do you call the moving irregularly shape slabs that make up the Earths lithosphere?
Tectonic plates.
Earths lithosphere is broken into huge moving slabs of rock driven by motions in the mantle?
The motion in the mantle is known as convection currents which helps move earth's slabs, known as plates. Convection occurs in the upper mantle known as the asthenosphere.
What slabs of rock are the earths hard shell?
tectonic plates
What states that the earths lithoshere is broken into huge moving slabs of rock driven by motions in the mantle?
The theory of plate tectonics states that the lithosphere is broken into moving pieces of earth driven by convection currents located inside the mantle.
What are the slabs of rock called in the earths hard shell?
Tectonic plates
Why should large concrete slabs be laid with expansion so that they are not touching?
because large slabs of concrete have expansion joints between them.
The earth hard shell is made up of thick slabs of rock that are constantly moving these slabs are constantly moving they are called and the interaction between them is called tectonics?
tectonic plates...... duhh
What has the author Gustav Florin written?
Gustav Florin has written: 'Slabs: theory and design of surface structures' -- subject(s): Slabs
What is the slab of the earths crust that regularly moves away from or collides with other slabs called?
A tectonic plate.
A prehistoric English site of large slabs of stone?
You may be referring to Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England. It consists of a ring of standing stones, each around 13 feet high, set within earthworks. Its exact purpose and the methods used to construct it remain a topic of debate among archaeologists and historians.
The idea that Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates is known as?
That is plate tectonics. These slabs are constantly moving generating earth quakes.
