Mohorovi?i? Discont. 2
Mohorovi?i? Discont. 2 : Natural Disaster. A discontinuity in seismic velocities that defines the boundary between crust and mantle of the Earth. Named after the Croation seismologist Andrija Mohorovi?i? (1857-1936) who discovered it. The boundary is between 20 and 60 km deep beneath the continents and between 5 and 10 km deep beneath the ocean floor