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IODP may even take another shot at penetrating the Mohorovicic discontinuity.
Inside Earth, critical reflections occur when seismic waves from an earthquake hit a boundary called the Mohorovicic discontinuity, or "Moho," which forms the border between the low-density crust and the higher-density mantle.
These include a deepening of the deep crustal marker, the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, a strong, deep-seated magnetic structure and major fault systems striking northeast-southwest roughly parallel to the Peace River Arch structure.
 
 
 
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