Question

Continental lithosphere is approximately 150 km thick, while old oceanic lithosphere away from mid-ocean ridges is

Answer 1

whether it carries oceanic or continental crust: Continental lithosphere is, on average, 150 km thick, although it can be thicker beneath mountain ranges. how far from a mid-oceanic ridge it is. Old oceanic lithosphere is up to 100 km thick, while at the axis of a mid-oceanic ridge, it may be only ten km thick.