continent formation

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continent formation [¦känt·ən¦ent·əl fər′mā·shən]

(geology)

A series of six or seven major episodes, resulting from the buildup of radioactive heat and then the melting or partial melting of the earth's interior; the molten rock melt rises to the surface, differentiating into less primitive lavas; the continent then nucleates, differentiates, and grows from oceanic crust and mantle.

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No references found			The possible presence of granite also suggests that tectonic plate movement and continent formation may have occurred on Venus, as well as recycling of water and carbon between the planet's mantle and atmosphere. Venus may have had continents and oceans in its ancient past by Asian News International The theory of plate tectonics holds that the Earth's geological processes, from earthquakes and volcanoes to mountain-building and continent formation, are the result of the slow movements of a dozen or so gigantic slabs that shift over the asthenosphere, a molten region of the upper mantle. Mapping Earth's unseen region by USA Today (Magazine)			context-sensitive help context-sensitive menu contextual ad contextual analysis contextual collaboration contextual marketing contextual search contextualism Contextually Communicating Sequential Processes Conti Conti family Conti, Niccolo de' Conti, Niccolò de' Contia contig contignation contiguous contiguous arc contiguous chain contiguous craters contiguous data contiguous file contiguous functions contiguous gene syndrome continent continent formation continental accretion continental air continental anticyclone Continental Blockade continental borderland continental cabin Continental Climate continental code Continental Congress Continental Congresses continental crust Continental Deposits continental displacement continental divide Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Continental Divide Trail Society continental drift continental geosyncline continental glacier continental growth continental heat flow continental high Continental Margin continental mass continental nucleus			Contiguous US Contiguous zone Contiguous zone Contiguous zone contiguously contiguously contiguously contiguously contiguously contiguousness contiguousness contiguousness contiguousness contiguousness contiguus Continant Continant continence continence continence continence Continence Foundation of Australia Continence Product Evaluation continency Continent Continent Continent Continent Continent Continent Cutaneous Urinary Diversion continent formation continent ileal reservoir continent ileal reservoir continent ileal reservoir continent ileal reservoir continent ileostomy continent ileostomy continent ileostomy Continent Ocean Boundary Continent of North America continent reservoir continent urinary reservoir continent urinary reservoir continent urinary reservoir continent urinary reservoir continent urostomy Continent-Ocean Fracture Zone continent-wide continental continental continental continental accretion Continental Africa Chamber of Commerce Continental air Continental Air Command Continental Air Defence Integration North Continental Air Defense Command Continental Air Defense Objectives Plan Continental Air Lines Continental Air Mass Continental Air Mass

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