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Earth's Crustal Plates. Crustal plates (tectonic plates) are the outer shell of the Earth. Continental crust and oceanic crust are the two main types of plates. Large plates like the North American Plate is considered a continental plate but also contains oceanic crust. Continental crust which contains the interior of the large continents is much older than oceanic plates. Oceanic crust is constantly being created an destroyed around the Earth's surface.
The continental crust is the layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. It is less dense than the material of the Earth's mantle and thus floats on top of it. Continental crust is also less dense than oceanic crust, though it is considerably thicker; mostly 35 to 40 km versus the average oceanic thickness of around 7-10 km. About 40% of the Earth's surface is now underlain by continental crust.