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mantle  

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  • A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust. It is made of rock or ices, and is generally the largest and most massive layer of the planetary body. A mantle is predominantly solid but in geological time it behaves as a viscous fluid. Partial melting of the mantle at mid-ocean ridges produces oceanic crust, and partial melting of the mantle at subduction zones produces continental crust. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_(geology))

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