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Earth's Seismic-Velocity Discontinuities -

.Schematic view of the interior of Earth

1. Continental crust
2. Oceanic crust
3. Upper Mantle
4. Lower Mantle
5. Outer Core
6. Inner Core

A: Crust/Mantle Discontinuity (Mohorovicic Discontinuity)


B: Mantle/Core Discontinuity (Gutenberg Discontinuity)
C: Outer Core/Inner Core Discontinuity (Lehmann Discontinuity)

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Conrad Boundry -1
Upper - Lower Continental Boundry -

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Crust - Mantle Boundry -2


Moho ( Mohorovicic ) Discontinuity -

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Core - Mantle Boundry -3


Gutenberg Discontinuity -

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shadow zone s-wave

s-wave 140 : 104


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Inner - Outer Core Boundry -4


Lehmann Discontinuity -

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- Seismic Evidence for Internal Earth Structure


http://www.columbia.edu/~vjd1/earth_int.htm

seismic discontinuity: Definition from Answers.com


http://www.answers.com/topic/seismic-discontinuity

Lecture PowerPoint Slides - Earth's Interior


http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/cribb/1030EarthsInterior.pdf

Seismic discontinuities- PRESENTATION


http://www.bgu.ac.il/geol/classes/tectonics/Front/tectonics_lec_01.ppt

Lehmann discontinuity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehmann_discontinuity

Coremantle boundary -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core%E2%80%93mantle_boundary

.Schematic view of the interior of Earth


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slice_earth.svg

The Mohorovicic Seismic Discontinuity - YouTube


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAQSucmHrAk

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