continental crust in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for continental crust in the English»Spanish Dictionary

continental crust N

continental crust

corteza f continental

Translations for continental crust in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.crust [Am krəst, Brit krʌst] N

1. crust (of bread):

crust

corteza f

crust

costra f

a crust of bread

un mendrugo

without a crust to eat

sin qué comer

to earn a or one's crust inf

ganarse el pan

to earn a or one's crust inf

ganarse los garbanzos inf

2. crust (of pie):

crust

tapa f de masa

3. crust (thin outer layer):

crust

costra f

crust

corteza f

the earth's crust

la corteza terrestre

a crust of ice

una capa de hielo

II.crust [Am krəst, Brit krʌst] VB intr

crust

formar (un) poso

I.continental [Am ˌkɑntəˈnɛnt(ə)l, Brit kɒntɪˈnɛnt(ə)l] ADJ

1. continental GEOG:

continental slope/climate

continental

2.1. continental (European):

continental customs/cuisine

de Europa (continental)

2.2. continental (in US history):

Continental Congress/soldier

de las colonias confederadas

II.continental [Am ˌkɑntəˈnɛnt(ə)l, Brit kɒntɪˈnɛnt(ə)l] N

continental

europeo m / europea f

continental crust in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for continental crust in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.crust [krʌst] N

1. crust FOOD, BOT:

crust

corteza f

crust (dry bread)

mendrugo m

crust of the Earth GEO

corteza terrestre

2. crust (hard external layer):

crust

capa f

a crust of ice/dirt

una capa de hielo/suciedad

3. crust ZOOL:

crust

caparazón m

4. crust MED:

crust

costra f

5. crust (deposit from wine):

crust

poso m

II.crust [krʌst] VB intr

crust

formar una costra

III.crust [krʌst] VB trans

to be crusted with mud

tener una capa de barro

I.continental [ˌkɒntɪˈnentl, Am ˌkɑ:nt̬nˈent̬l] ADJ

1. continental (relating to a continent):

continental

continental

continental drift

deriva f continental

continental shelf

plataforma f continental

2. continental Brit (of mainland Europe):

continental

de Europa continental

II.continental [ˌkɒntɪˈnentl, Am ˌkɑ:nt̬nˈent̬l] N

continental

europeo(-a) m (f) continental

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The thinnest continental crust is found in rift zones, where the crust is thinned by detachment faulting and eventually severed, replaced by oceanic crust.

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It includes a significant onshore component and extends offshore to the edge of continental crust in water depths of up to 4500 m.

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The zircons are interpreted to have been brought up from buried continental crust as fragments entrained as xenocrysts within the basalt.

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