Crustal Features

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Across
  1. 3. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  2. 6. Form where one oceanic plate collides with and slides beneath another oceanic plate.
  3. 7. the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
  4. 8. a break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another.
  5. 9. the process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces.
  6. 10. two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
Down
  1. 1. tectonic plates that are colliding.
  2. 2. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
  3. 4. the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  4. 5. tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.