why oceanic crust is known as sima
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Typically when the sima comes to the surface it is basalt, so sometimes this layer is called the 'basalt layer' of the crust. ... Because the ocean floors are mainly sima, it is also sometimescalled the 'oceanic crust'. The name 'sima' was taken from the first two letters of silica and of magnesia
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As the name oceanic crust suggests, sima is on the ocean floor. Sima is extremely dense and made out of two basic substances; silica, and magnesium. The word sima is a combination of these two names, silica, and magnesium. Sima forms at the divergent plate boundaries on oceanic ridges.
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As the name oceanic crust suggests, sima is on the ocean floor. Sima is extremely dense and made out of two basic substances; silica, and magnesium. The word sima is a combination of these two names, silica, and magnesium. Sima forms at the divergent plate boundaries on oceanic ridges.
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