Basalt wikipedia wikimedia foundation 13 sept.
Is granite more thick than basalt.
Summary basalt vs granite.
Basalt is more common in oceanic crust while granite is more common in continental crust.
Basalt on the other hand has a smooth texture from rapid cooling usually by water.
It forms from lava flows which extrude onto the surface and cool.
Granite is an intrusive rock that is formed when magma cools inside the crust.
Summary of basalt vs.
Basalt and granite are two types of igneous rocks that we can find on earth.
Basalt is denser than granite because basalt is a an oceanic type of rock so it has had more pressure from the ocean making it denser than granite because granite is a continental type of rock.
This coarse grain makes granite a favorite of rock climbers.