continental plate
continental plate noun: a large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that carries continents and acts as part of the broken outer shell floating on the semifluid mantle.
Noun
continental plate (plural continental plates)
- A large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that carries continents and acts as part of the broken outer shell floating on the semifluid mantle.
- Warping of the continental plate created fissures and fractures in the Roraima sandstone plateaus.1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 543
continental plate meaning in Tamil
continental plate in Tamil
- கண்டத்தட்டு
Forms of continental plate
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Questions about continental plate
- What does continental plate mean?
- Continental plate means a large, thick, and relatively low-density slab of the Earth's solid lithosphere that carries continents and acts as part of the broken outer shell floating on the semifluid mantle.
- What is continental plate in Tamil?
- Continental plate in Tamil is கண்டத்தட்டு. See Continental plate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is continental plate?
- Continental plate is a noun.
- What is the plural of continental plate?
- The plural of continental plate is continental plates.
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