Noun1.Moho- the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle; "the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents" Mohorovicic discontinuity geology- a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks ...
The Moho: Image of Earth's internal structure by USGS - Mohorovicic Discontinuity (red line) added by Geology.com. What is the Mohorovičić Discontinuity? The Mohorovicic Discontinuity, or "Moho," is the boundary between the crust and the mantle. The red line in the diagram shows its ...
Definition TheMoho, an abbreviation of the termMohorovicic discontinuity, is the boundary between the Earth’s crust and themantle. Identified first as a seismic reflector, where a marked change in the velocity of seismic waves reflects a change in rock type from low-density rocks of the crust ...
Moreover, the definition of the mean compensation depth in existing isostatic models affects only low-degrees of the Moho spectrum. To overcome this problem, in this study we reformulate the Sjberg and Jeffrey's methods of solving the Vening-Meinesz isostatic problem so that the mean ...
We include a wide range of processes into our definition of underplating, which is “addition of mafic magma to the lower crust and uppermost mantle around the Moho”. The original concept of underplating consisted of a simplistic model where magma was ponding just below the Moho. Such underplat...
Definition The Moho or Mohorovicic Discontinuity is the boundary between the Earth’s crust and mantle. Identified first as a seismic reflector, it is characterized by a marked change in the velocity of seismic waves that reflect a change in rock type from the low-density rocks of the crust ...