1) Explain the Moho Discontinuity on
the basis of seismic evidences.
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What is meant by Moho discontinuity?
The Moho is the boundary between the crust and the mantle in the earth. ... Also termed the Mohorovicic' discontinuity after the Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovicic' (1857-1936) who discovered it. The boundary is between 25 and 60 km deep beneath the continents and between 5 and 8 km deep beneath the ocean floor.
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This seismic discontinuity is now know as the Moho (much easier than "Mohorovicic seismic discontinuity") It is the boundary between the felsic/mafic crust with seismic velocity around 6 km/sec and the denser ultramafic mantle with seismic velocity around 8 km/sec.
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