What is the magnetism of the earth's crust?

Anonymous

∙ 10y ago

Updated: 6/29/2022

Earth's magnetic field is not in its crust. It passes through the crust, but it is generated by the differential motion of the inner and outer core. The core is mostly iron and nickel. This creates huge dynamo and generates our magnetosphere.

Edwin Mitchell ∙

Lvl 13

∙ 3y ago

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The earth's crust is generally solid.

Earths thin rocky outer layer is its .?

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