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Constitution of the Earth's Interior

Gujarat Board · Class 11 · Geography

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Topics in Constitution of the Earth's Interior

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Sources of Information about Earth's Interior

  • Earth's center is 6370 km deep from surface - impossible to reach directly
  • No X-ray like instruments exist to see Earth's interior
  • Knowledge based on both direct and indirect sources
2

Structure of Earth's Interior - Lithosphere

  • Outermost solid layer of Earth, also called crust
  • Average thickness: 33 km
  • Continental crust: 30 km thick, Oceanic crust: 5 km thick
3

Mantle and Core Structure

  • Mantle: Below lithosphere, 2900 km thick
  • Upper mantle called Asthenosphere (700 km thick)
  • Asthenosphere has basaltic rocks, density ~3.5 g/cm³, magma state

Key Concepts

Since Earth's center is 6Earth's interior is divided into threeThe lithosphere consists of two subEarthquakes generate three types of seismicThe Earth's core is primarily composed

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