Moho discontinuity

noun

The Mohorovičić discontinuity; the Moho.

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Meanings

noun
  1. geographyThe Mohorovičić discontinuity; the Moho.

    Specifically, they got the idea to drill through the ocean floor (the continental crust was too thick) to the Moho discontinuity and to extract a piece of the Earth's mantle for examination at leisure.

    2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 189

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Also see
mohorovičić discontinuity
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