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Why is the ocean across heavier than the continental crust

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As pressure and temperature increase with depth, the rocks melt, and denser material within the descending oceanic plate continues to sink downward while less-concentrated silica-rich material forms granulites that adhere to the bottom of the continental plate and add to its mass.

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