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The continental crust and the oceanic crust are sometimes called sial and sima respectively.
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This layer is sometimes called sial because there is more felsic, or granitic, bulk composition, which lies in contrast to the oceanic crust, called sima because of the mafic or basaltic rock.
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- The granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and aluminum
- In geology, the sial is the upper layer of the Earth's crust made of rocks rich in silicates and aluminium minerals. It is sometimes equated with the continental crust because it is absent in the wide oceanic basins, but "sial" is a geochemical term rather than a plate tectonic term.
- Sial may refer to: * Sial the composition of the upper part of the Earth's crust * Sial (tribe), a people of Pakistan * SIAL, the consortium which runs Sialkot International Airport
- The Sial tribe are a Punjabi people found among Muslim , Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan and India .
- SIAE (English: Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, Italian: Societu00E0 Italiana degli Autori ed Editori) is the Italian copyright collecting agency...
