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Oceanic crust
Oceanic crust
is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a
tectonic plate
. The crust overlies the solidified and uppermost layer of the
mantle
. The crust and the solid mantle layer together comprise oceanic
lithosphere
.
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