Pic of the day #38 (Earth’s interior)

Pic src: Fundamentals of Geophysics [William Lowrie]

Left Figure: Simplified layered structure of the Earth’s interior showing the depths of the most important seismic discontinuities.
Right Figure: Hypothetical vertical cross-section through a lithospheric plate from a spreading center to a subduction zone.

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