Which Discontinuity Separates Crust from Mantle?
The Moho Is the Boundary Between the Crust and the Mantle in the Earth. This Is a Depth Where Seismic Waves Change Velocity and There Is Also a Change in...
The Moho is the boundary between the crust and the mantle in the earth. This is a depth where seismic waves change velocity and there is also a change in chemical composition. Also termed the Mohorovicic' discontinuity after the Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovicic' (1857-1936) who discovered it.
What is Mohorovičić discontinuity and Gutenberg discontinuity?
Moho Discontinuity is the boundary between crust and mantle. Gutenberg Discontinuity is the boundary between mantle and core.
What is the gap between crust and mantle?
The Mohorovičić discontinuity (/moʊhəˈroʊvɪtʃɪtʃ/ MOH-hə-ROH-vitch-itch, Croatian: [moxorôʋiːtʃitɕ]), usually referred to as the Moho discontinuity or the Moho, is the boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle.