crustaalisen
Crustaalisen is the Finnish adjective used to describe phenomena, rocks, and processes related to the crust of a planetary body, most often the Earth's. In geology and geophysics, it denotes anything pertaining to the outermost solid shell that lies above the mantle.
Earth's crust comprises two major types: continental crust, which is thick and granitic in composition; and
Crustal geology and tectonics involve deformation, faulting, subduction, collision, and magmatic addition. Crustal growth occurs through
Study methods include seismology (refraction and tomography), gravity and magnetic surveys, and radiometric dating; geochemical analysis
Planetary crusts on bodies other than Earth show diverse compositions and histories. The Moon’s crust is rich