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Intricate Secrets of Earth's Strata
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Across
- 1. Continental crust’s granitic essence, rich in silica and aluminum
- 2. Collective term for Earth’s internal concentric layers
- 4. Soft, ductile upper mantle layer where plates drift like phantoms
- 5. Concept blending density and thermal gradients inside Earth’s mantle
- 8. Latin-rooted term for crust, the planet's fragile exoskeleton
- 12. Oceanic basement, dense and richer in silica and magnesium
Down
- 3. Earth’s fiery heart, metallic and unseen, forging magnetic whispers
- 6. Science studying Earth's structural layers and their historical movements
- 7. Seismic boundary separating crust from mantle, a sharp discontinuity
- 9. Another evocative term referring to Earth's innermost core layers
- 10. Rigid outer shell, fractured yet firm, tectonic's playground
- 11. Stiff middle mantle zone beneath asthenosphere's sway
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