Continental rocks refer to any type of rock that is found on or near continents, as opposed to oceanic rocks which are found in the ocean floor. Full definition
Delph, a Wiess Postdoctoral Research Associate in Rice's Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science, said the findings suggest that mountain - forming regions like the Andean Plateau, which geologists refer to as «orogenic plateaus,» could produce much larger volumes of continental rock in less time than previously believed. (sciencedaily.com)
UBC geologist Matthijs Smit and research partner Klaus Mezger may have found the answer in continental rocks that are billions of years old. (sciencedaily.com)
Based on radiometric dating and geochemical isotope analysis, Czaja characterizes his fossils as having formed in this early Vaalbara supercontinent in an ancient deep seabed containing sulfate from continental rock. (sciencedaily.com)