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SomeMichGuy · M
KentuckyFriedFloozy · 26-30, F
@SomeMichGuy moho?
SomeMichGuy · M
@KentuckyFriedFloozy It was a project to drill into the Earth deeply enough to reach the Mohorovičić discontinuity (AJA "the Moho"), a transition zone between different densities of the rock/materials in the Earth.
From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohorovi%C4%8Di%C4%87_discontinuity:
It's one way of looking at the crust-mantle boundary:
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From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohorovi%C4%8Di%C4%87_discontinuity:
In the early 1960s, Project Mohole was an attempt to drill to the Moho from deep-ocean regions.[14] After initial success in establishing deep-ocean drilling, the project suffered from political and scientific opposition, mismanagement, and cost overruns, and it was cancelled in 1966.[15]
It's one way of looking at the crust-mantle boundary:
Beginning in the 1980s, geologists became aware that the Moho does not always coincide with the crust-mantle boundary defined by composition.
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The Moho marks the transition in composition between the Earth's crust and the lithospheric mantle. Immediately above the Moho, the velocities of primary seismic waves (P-waves) are consistent with those through basalt (6.7–7.2 km/s), and below they are similar to those through peridotite or dunite (7.6–8.6 km/s).[5] This increase of approximately 1 km/s corresponds to a distinct change in material as the waves pass through the Earth, and is commonly accepted as the lower limit of the Earth's crust.[2] The Moho is characterized by a transition zone of up to 500 meters.[6]
SomeMichGuy · M
Thank you, @KentuckyFriedFloozy; that was from 8th grade science class. lol
SomeMichGuy · M
I'm serious, @KentuckyFriedFloozy! I immediately thought of that.