Moho Discontinuity
The Moho Discontinuity is also known as the Mohorovicic Discontinuity. It is a boundary that separates the Earth’s crust from the underlying mantle. It is named after the Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovicic, who first discovered the boundary in 1909. It is located at an average depth of approximately 35 kilometers beneath the continents and around 5-10 …