Inside the Earth
- Created by: caits
- Created on: 24-03-14 17:00
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Lithosphere:
Oceanic crust -
- 6 - 8km deep
- 3.3g/cm dense
- solid made of basalt
- 900 degrees
Continental Crust -
- 30 - 50km deep
- 2.7g/cm dense
- solid made of granite
- 900 degrees
Mantle:
Upper Mantle (asthenosphere) -
- 75 - 250km deep
- 3.4 - 4.4g/cm dense
- liquid/solid made of peridotite molten rock
- 900 - 1600 degrees
Lower Mantle -
- 700…
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