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The crust thins and thickens over the surface of the earth. At a mid-ocean ridge spreading center, the mantle is essentially at the surface. Under neath the Himalayan mountains it is well over 40km.
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Is the mantle the hottest or is it the core or crust?
the core is the hottest by far being about 9000 degrees
Is the mantle is the thickest layer of Earth?
The mantle, by far, is the thickest layer of the Earth.
How far down is the earths upper mantle?
It is just beneath the lithosphere, so about 200 feet.
How far down does earths mantle go?
The crust goes down about 10 kilometers. Continental crust is about 3 billion years old and oceanic crust is about 70-100 million years old.
Is basalt part of earth's crust?
Yes. Basalt occurs only in the crust; the oceanic crust is primarily basalt.Actually the mantle contains far more basalt than is in the entire crust.the oceanic crust is mostly basaltthe continental crust is mostly granite
How far away is the lithosphere?
You're standing on it. The lithosphere is the crust and upper mantle of the earth.
How far is it to the lithosphere from the crust?
The crust is part of the lithosphere. The lithosphere is made up of the crust and the upper mantle. Therefore, there is no spatial distance between the lithosphere and the crust.
Does the grand canyon reach to the mantle?
Not even close. It goes down less than two kilometers into the continental crust, over thirty kilometers away from the upper reaches of the mantle. The bottom of the ocean is far closer to the mantle.
How far is the mantle away from the crust of the earth?
A distance of about 1,800 miles [2,896.8 kilometers] separates the earth's mantle from the earth's crust.
What floats on earth mantle?
The lithosphere, part crust and part rigid upper mantle, floats on the asthenosphere.
Is the mantle the hottest or is it the core or crust?
the core is the hottest by far being about 9000 degrees
Is the mantle is the thickest layer of Earth?
The mantle, by far, is the thickest layer of the Earth.
How far down is the earths upper mantle?
It is just beneath the lithosphere, so about 200 feet.
How do hotspots form in the mantle?
At a hot spot, the mantle directly beneath the crust is hotter than usual. This hot mantle material partially melts. The molten material, called magma, rises through the crust and erupts onto the surface for form volcanoes.
How far down does earths mantle go?
The crust goes down about 10 kilometers. Continental crust is about 3 billion years old and oceanic crust is about 70-100 million years old.
How far is the Earth's mantle from the crust?
it may be 2900 km The mantle is about 1,800 miles deep, and depending on where on the earth, it may be between 10km (where there is a thinner lithosphere) to 50+ km!
Why can't the equipment used to drill for oil be used to drill into the mantle?
Because oil is in the crust, scientists never drilled to the mantle so far because it is too deep for them.
