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Mohorovicic Discontinuity

MOH-hoh (short form); moh-hoh-ROH-vih-chich (full)
Also Known As The Moho
Seismology

The boundary separating the Earth's crust from its mantle, discovered by Andrija Mohorovicic from the way seismic waves from a 1909 earthquake reflected and refracted as they crossed it. Its depth varies from about 5 kilometers under the ocean floor to several tens of kilometers under mountain ranges. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Origin Year
1909 1
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In Discipline

Seismology, Disciplines
Source Andrija Mohorovicic (Wikipedia)

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Andrija Mohorovicic, Scientists
Source Andrija Mohorovicic (Wikipedia)
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1. Andrija Mohorovicic (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationBiography section
Quote, Biography section
He was the first to establish, based on the evidence from seismic waves, the discontinuity that separates the Earth's crust from its mantle.
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