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Concept: earth's crust in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2400
Preferred label earth's crust
Definition The outer layers of the Earth's structure, varying between 6 and 48 km in thickness, and comprising all the material above the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (a seismic discontinuity occurring between the crust of the earth and the underlying mantle; the discontinuity occurs at an average depth of 35 km below the continents and at about 10 km below the oceans). The earlier idea of a cool solid skin overlaying a hot molten interior has now been replaced by a concept of a crust composed of two shells: an inner basic unit composed of sima (oceanic crust) and an outer granitic unit composed of sial (continental crust).
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Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
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