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Layers of the Earth Depth/ Thickness Density Temperature (C) What materials or
(km) Rock materials
Lithosphere About 100 km 3.3 g/cm3 300C - 500C Crust and uppermost
mantle
Mohorovii 35 km below 4.0 g/cm3 500C 600C at the Crust and mantle
discontinuity continents and 7 km base of the continental
beneath the oceanic crust and 150C -
crust 200C in the sub
oceanic discontinuity
Crust About 40 km 2.9 g/cc About 500 C - Granitic and basaltic
1000C rocks.
Ocean Crust (Sial) About 6 km Very dense Silicon, Aluminium,
Iron, Calcium
Continental Crust 7 km 10 km Less dense Silicon, Magnesium,
(Sima) Aluminium,
Potassium, Sodium
Asthenosphere Approximately 80 4.5 g/cm3 Around 4500C Semi-plastic rock (or
km 200 km partially molten)
Mantle 35 km 2900 km 4.5 g/cc Approximately Silicate materials
2200C
Upper Mantle 40 km 400 km 3.4 g.cm3 500C - 900C at the Olivine, Silicon
upper boundary with Dioxide, Peridotite
Lower Mantle 400 km- 2900 km 4.4 g/cm3 the crust; to over Lots of Olivine, Iron,
4000C at the Magnesium, and
boundary with the many silicate
core compounds
Gutenberg 2900 km below the About 3700C Lower mantle and
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discontinuity surface Outer core

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Core About 3470 km About 10.7 g/cm 11000C Nickel and Iron
12 g/cm3
Outer core About 2150 km 15 g/cc Approximately Iron + Oxygen,
5000C Sulfur, Nickel alloy
Inner Core About 1355 km 10.7 g/cc Iron + Oxygen,
Sulfur, Nickel alloy