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  • One of the co-chiefs, Damon Teagle from the University of Southampton, UK, told BBC News: "There are some fundamental questions about the way that the Earth has evolved over its history that we will only be able to answer once we completely understand the structure of the crust overlying the mantle, the interface between the mantle and the crust known as the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, or Moho, and then also the nature of the mantle itself."

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Exposed oceanic crust, mantle, a section of ancient Mohorovicic discontinuity, and other distinctive geological features are also found.

    Gros Morne National Park, Canada 2008

  • By analyzing the data from a 1909 earthquake, Mohorovicic realized that the velocity of a seismic wave is related to the density of the material that it is moving through.

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009

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