Physical Science
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Author: Bill Tillery
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 18, Problem 8AC
The boundary between the crust and the mantle is called
a. crust-to-mantle discontinuity.
b. continental-to-oceanic boundary.
c. litho discontinuity.
d. Moho discontinuity.
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