crust formation

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• Crust (band) — Crust Origin Austin, Texas Years active 1987–1997 Labels Trance Syndicate Records Crust was a musical group from Austin, Texas that was active during the late 1980s and 1990s and was featured on Trance Syndicate Records, a record label run by… …   Wikipedia

• Crust (geology) — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …   Wikipedia

• crust — n. & v. n. 1 a the hard outer part of a loaf of bread. b a piece of this with some soft bread attached. c a hard dry scrap of bread. d esp. Austral. sl. a livelihood (what do you do for a crust?). 2 the pastry covering of a pie. 3 a hard casing… …   Useful english dictionary

• Formation and evolution of the Solar System — Artist s conception of a protoplanetary disk The formation and evolution of the Solar System is estimated to have begun 4.568 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud …   Wikipedia

• Formation et évolution du système solaire — Vue d artiste d un disque protoplanétaire. La formation et l évolution du système solaire sont déterminées par un modèle aujourd hui très largement accepté et connu sous le nom d « hypothèse de la nébuleuse solaire ». Ce modèle fut… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Formation of rocks — This article discusses how rocks are formed. There are also articles on physical rock formations, also known as strata, and the formal naming of geologic formations. The three main ways rocks are formed: * Sedimentary rocks are formed through the …   Wikipedia

• Continental crust — The thickness of the Earth s crust (km). The continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. This layer… …   Wikipedia

• desert crust — A crust formed by microbial binding of sand grains in the surface zone of desert soil; crust formation primarily involves cyanobacteria …   Dictionary of microbiology

• Mountain formation — Thrust and reverse fault movement are an important component of mountain formation. Mountain formation refers to the geological processes that underlie the formation of mountains. These processes are associated with large scale movements of the… …   Wikipedia

• History of Solar System formation and evolution hypotheses — Capture theory redirects here. For the solar capture theory, see this article s section on Solar System formation. For the lunar capture theory, see this article s section on lunar formation. Ideas concerning the origin and fate of the world date …   Wikipedia

• Fra Mauro formation — The Fra Mauro formation (or Fra Mauro Highlands) on the Moon is the location of the Apollo 14 landing site. It is named after the 80 kilometer diameter crater Fra Mauro, located within it.It is a widespread hilly geological area covering large… …   Wikipedia