
Fig 8.19
8.4 What composes the interior of Earth?
A cross-section of Earth based on velocity measurements based on seismic data. Density is estimated from these data. Note that the core is three times as dense as the mantle.
The crust-mantle boundary is named after its discoverer,
Yugoslavian
seismologist Andrija Mohorovicic—the Moho, which is 5-20 km below ocean crust and 25-85 km beneath continents.