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How can the thickness of the Earth's layers be measured?

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So how do we measure the thickness of our subsurface? Think of the earth as an onion with different layers. Each of those layers (lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesospheric mantle, outer core, inner core) contain different mechanical (and chemical) properties. read more

Think of the earth as an onion with different layers. Each of those layers (lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesospheric mantle, outer core, inner core) contain different mechanical (and chemical) properties. read more

Earth’s Layers: The Earth can be divided into one of two ways – mechanically or chemically. Mechanically – or rheologically, meaning the study of liquid states – it can be divided into the lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesospheric mantle, outer core, and the inner core. read more

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