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Teknologi Dan Rekayasa: Mapping and Surveing Department
Teknologi Dan Rekayasa: Mapping and Surveing Department
Teknologi Dan Rekayasa: Mapping and Surveing Department
Crust
• Oceanic – 7 km thick, dark igneous rock basalt,
young (<180 my), dense (3.0 g/cm3)
• Continental – 70 km thick, granitic rock, old (up to
4000 my), less dense (2.7 g/cm3)
Mantle
• contains 82% Earth’s volume, depth 2900 km
• rock called peridotite, more dense (3.3 g/cm3)
Core
• iron-nickel w/ minor oxygen, silicon, sulfur
• extreme pressure – highly dense (11 g/cm3)
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