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It is just beneath the lithosphere, so about 200 feet.
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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 down in the earth can be dug?
So far the farthest down someones gone is 12 km.
How far away are is the upper mantle to the crust?
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.
Is the mantle is the thickest layer of Earth?
The mantle, by far, is the thickest layer of the Earth.
What is responsible for the partial melting of peridotite?
In the mantle, temperatures range between 500 to 900 °C (932 to 1,652 °F) at the upper boundary with the crust; to over 4,000 °C (7,230 °F) at the boundary with the core.Although the higher temperatures far exceed the melting points of the mantle rocks at the surface (about 1200 °C for representative peridotite), the mantle is almost exclusively solid. The enormous lithostatic pressure exerted on the mantle prevents melting, because the temperature at which melting begins (the solidus) increases with pressure.
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.
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 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 away is the lithosphere?
You're standing on it. The lithosphere is the crust and upper mantle of the earth.
How far below the earths surface do earthquakes occur?
The Lithosphere is not far down at all. Actually, the lithosphere is the solid rocky outer part of the earth. The lithosphere is about 100 km deep in most places.
How far down in the earth can be dug?
So far the farthest down someones gone is 12 km.
How far does the straosphere extend above earths surface?
The stratosphere's upper limit is about 20 miles above sea level.
What layer in earths mantle do plates slide over?
In my 7th grade science class, so far I know that the first layer is the Crust, the second is the Lithosphere, the third is the Asthenosphere, the fourth is The Upper Mentle Region, the fifth is The Lower Mantle Region, this next layer is not considered a layer but it is called the Metal Oxide Belt\Region, the sixth is the Outer Core, and the seventh is the Inner Core.
What layer do earths mantle do plates slide over?
In my 7th grade science class, so far I know that the first layer is the Crust, the second is the Lithosphere, the third is the Asthenosphere, the fourth is The Upper Mentle Region, the fifth is The Lower Mantle Region, this next layer is not considered a layer but it is called the Metal Oxide Belt\Region, the sixth is the Outer Core, and the seventh is the Inner Core.
How far down is the mantle?
I heard this from another page on the internet. If you dig 5 miles down starting from the deepest part of the pacific ocean, you will hit the mantle.
What is the earths most expansive layer?
The mantle contains the bulk of Earth's rock, far surpassing the crust. The outer core is a liquid, and therefore would not be considered rock.
How far away are is the upper mantle to the crust?
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.
