GEOLOGY
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
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Question
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The layer that separates crust from core is known as
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lithosphere
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magma layer
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mantle
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solid inner core
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The mantle is the mostly solid bulk of Earth’s interior. The mantle lies between Earth’s dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust. The mantle is about 2, 900 kilometers (1, 802 miles) thick, and makes up a whopping 84 percent of Earth’s total volume.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho) separates the mantle from the crust.
Detailed explanation-3: -The core is separated from the mantle by a boundary called Weichart-Gutenberg discontinuity.
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