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[–] multifariace@lemmy.world 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I hope I'm not the only one impressed by the model while disturbed by its inaccuracy of its limitations.

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

...should have put the mantle in rolls.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

All the way to outer core. That's some crusty crust.

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But that part is true. We see these huge seismic anomalies at the core-mantle boundary that many think is a "slab graveyard" (e.g. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GC009396 ).

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Also pieces of the planet that hit Earth to make the moon.

We do not know for certain.

[–] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Flat earth confirmed