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The Crust (Lithosphere)

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Bruce A. Bolt of the University of California at Berkeley is director of the 16 U.C. seismographic stations. He reported on the structure of the earth’s interior, from the study of earthquakes and nuclear explosions.1

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  1. New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

    C. L. Mantell (Professor Emeritus, Consulting Chemical Engineer)

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Mantell, C.L., Mantell, A.M. (1976). The Crust (Lithosphere). In: Our Fragile Water Planet. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0754-9_2

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