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Where is the thickest part the Earth's crust?
The crust is around five miles deep under the oceans and twenty five miles thick underneath the continents.
How thick is Earth's crust under the continents?
The thickness of Earth's crust under the continents varies, but on average it is around 30-50 kilometers (18-31 miles) thick. This thickness can increase to as much as 70 kilometers (43 miles) in certain areas such as mountain ranges.
How much depth below the earths surface is the crust?
The depth of the crust varies between 10 and 70 km in different areas, depending where you would measure it.
Is the Earth's crust thicker under the oceans or the continents?
Earth's crust is far thicker under the continents.
Who is Andrea mohorovicic?
To the best of my knowledge, he was a Croatian geologist the developed the theory of discontinuity, which means that the crust of the Earth is about 6 miles thick under the oceans and about 22 miles thick under the continents. Now called 'Moho's Discontinuity' or simply 'Moho'
How thick are the earth's layers?
The Earth's layers vary in thickness. The crust is thinnest under the oceans, around 5-10 km thick, and thicker under continents, around 20-70 km thick. The mantle extends from the crust to about 2,900 km below the surface, while the outer core is about 2,300 km thick and the inner core is about 1,200 km thick.
What is the distance of the crust only?
The Earth's crust varies in thickness, with an average of around 18 to 37 kilometers (11 to 23 miles) under continents and about 7 kilometers (4 miles) under oceans.
What is the layer of the earth that you stand on and that is only a few miles thick?
You stand on the Earth's crust, which is the outermost layer of the Earth. It is relatively thin compared to the other layers, typically only a few miles thick under the oceans and up to 25 miles thick beneath the continents.
What is the thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the continents?
the earth's crust
The what is the thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the continents.?
the earth's crust
What is the depth below the earth's surface in centimeters in the crust?
Under the continents, the earth crust is on average around 50 kilometers thick, which is 50,000 meters or 5,000,000 centimeters. Under the oceans, the earth crust is on average around 7 kilometers thick, which is 7,000 meters or 700,000 centimeters.
What is the thickness of the earth's crust?
The Earth's oceanic crust is very thin at the mid-ocean ridges, and gradually thickens as it moves away from the ridges. The continental crust is thickest under mountain ranges. The average depth of oceanic crust is around 5 miles. The average depth of continental crust is 22 miles.
