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The floor of heavier rock under the oceans is composed of

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basalt rock. hope it helps

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The continental crust is composed mostly of granite. The oceanic crust consists of a volcanic lava rock called basalt. Basaltic rocks of the ocean plates are much denser and heavier than the granitic rock of the continental plates.

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