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      • The mantle is the mostly solid bulk of Earth’s interior. The mantle lies between Earth’s dense, superheated core and its thin outer layer, the crust. The mantle is about 2,900 kilometers (1,802 miles) thick, and makes up a whopping 84 percent of Earth’s total volume.
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  2. Apr 30, 2024 · The mantle is the mostly solid bulk of Earth’s interior. The mantle lies between Earth’s dense, superheated core and its thin outer layer, the crust. The mantle is about 2,900 kilometers (1,802 miles) thick, and makes up a whopping 84 percent of Earth’s total volume.

  3. Earth's mantle is a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core. It has a mass of 4.01 × 10 24 kg (8.84 × 10 24 lb) and makes up 67% of the mass of Earth. [1] It has a thickness of 2,900 kilometers (1,800 mi) [1] making up about 46% of Earth's radius and 84% of Earth's volume.

  4. Mar 26, 2016 · Definition: Composed of silicate rocky material with an average thickness of 2,886 kilometres (1,793 mi), the mantle sits between the Earth’s crust and its upper core. The mantle makes...

  5. A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust. Mantles are made of rock or ices, and are generally the largest and most massive layer of the planetary body. Mantles are characteristic of planetary bodies that have undergone differentiation by density.

  6. Jun 19, 2024 · Chemical element - Mantle, Composition, Structure: The mantle comprises that part of the Earth between the Mohorovičić and the Wiechert–Gutenberg discontinuities. It makes up 83 percent of the volume of the Earth and 67 percent of its mass and is thus of decisive importance in determining the bulk composition of the planet.

  7. The mantle is the thickest section of the Earth at approximately 2,900 km. The mantle is made up of semi-molten rock called magma. Play 04:12. Demonstrating the movement of the Earth's...

  8. Nov 5, 2023 · The Earth’s mantle is a layer of hot, semi-solid rock that lies beneath the crust. It is primarily composed of silicate minerals and extends from the base of the crust to the outer core. One of the key processes that occur in the mantle is mantle convection.

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