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The Core Mantle boundary - also known as the Guttenberg discontinuity separates the earth's mantle from its core.

It is divided into two layers, the inner core and the outer core. The inner core, the center of earth, is solid and about 780 miles (1,250 km) thick. The outer core is so hot that the metal is always molten, but the inner core pressures are so great that it cannot melt, even though temperatures there reach 6700ºF (3700ºC). The outer core is about 1370 miles (2,200 km) thick. Because the earth rotates, the outer core spins around the inner core and that causes the earth's magnetism.

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The Mohorovičić discontinuity, which often is called simply 'Moho', separates the earth's crust from the topmost part of the planet's mantle.
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A Discontinuity called the Guttenberg Weichert Discontinuity.

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Moho Barrier

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The section of earth beneath the crust?

Mantle Is The Below Layer Of The Crust In Earth.


What is the layer of earth beneath the crust called?

The layer of the Earth below the crust is called the mantle. The mantle is the thickest layer of the Earth with a depth of 2,890 kilometers.


Which layer of the earth contains the crust and upper mantle?

The layer of the Earth that contains both the crust and upper mantle is called the Lithosphere.


What is the layer of earth below the crust?

mantle


What is the layer of the earth on top of the mantle?

The crust.


Why the crust is the hottest layer of the earth?

The crust is the coolest layer on Earth. The hottest layer is the core, then the outer core, then the mantle.


What is the inner layers of the earth?

The layers of the Earth are crust- outer, mantle- middle, core- innermost.


What is the layer of the earth that lies above the mantle?

The Earth's crust lies above the mantle.


What is the top crust layer of earth called?

The top layer of the Earth is called the crust and the layer made of the crust and the upper mantle is called the lithosphere


What layer of the earth is part crust and part mantle?

This Layer Is The Lithosphere


Is mantle the top layer of earth?

No, its the second. The first layer is the crust.


Is the outermost layer of the earth call the mantle?

No. The outermost layer of the Earth is called the crust.