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Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle was named (1857-1936).

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  • Exposed oceanic crust, mantle, a section of ancient Mohorovicic discontinuity, and other distinctive geological features are also found.
  • By analyzing the data from a 1909 earthquake, Mohorovicic realized that the velocity of a seismic wave is related to the density of the material that it is moving through.
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