How Thick Is the Earth's Crust?
This contour map of the thickness of the Earth's crust was developed
from the CRUST
5.1 model.
The contour interval is 10 km; we also include the 45
km contour for greater detail on the continents.
To learn more about the image, read this short abstract.
You may download
a postscript version of this image as well as revised versions in the mercator,
robinson and molleweide projections.
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Last modification: November 2001