Oceanic crust Oceanic crust Oceanic crust is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate. It is composed of the upper oceanic crust, with pillow lavas and a dike complex, and the lower oceanic crust, composed of troctolite, gabbro and ultramafic cumulates. The crust overlies the solidified and uppermost layer of the mantle. The crust and the solid mantle layer together constitute oceanic lithosphere. Oceanic crust is primarily composed of mafic rocks, or sima, which is rich in iron and magnesium. It is thinner than continental crust, or sial, generally less than 10 kilometers thick; however it is denser,
The Theatre and its Double and The Theater of Cruelty, where Artaud expressed the importance of recovering "the notion of a kind of unique language half-way between gesture and thought". The collection is still read, and strongly influenced the directing philosophies of such renowned figures as Peter Brook and The Living Theatre. The Theatre and its Double The Theatre and Its Double ("Le Théâtre et son Double") is a collection of essays by French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud and published in 1938. Artaud intended his work as an attack on theatrical convention and the importance of language of drama, opposing the vitality of the