What is the name of the boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle?
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Mohorovičić discontinuity (Moho)
Short for the Mohorovičić discontinuity, it was named after the Croatian seismologist who discovered it. Seismologists use the behavior of earthquake waves to identify this boundary.
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