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Geological cross section of Earth, showing its internal structure, the atmosphere and hydrosphere.

The internal structure of Earth is the layers of the Earth, excluding its atmosphere and hydrosphere. The structure consists of an outer silicate solid crust, a highly viscous asthenosphere and solid mantle, a liquid outer core whose flow generates the Earth's magnetic field, and a solid inner core.

Scientific understanding of the internal structure of Earth is based on observations of topography and bathymetry, observations of rock in outcrop, samples brought to the surface from greater depths by volcanoes or volcanic activity, analysis of the seismic waves that pass through Earth, measurements of the gravitational and magnetic fields of Earth, and experiments with crystalline solids at pressures and temperatures characteristic of Earth's deep interior.

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hydrology. It is integrated with Earth system science and planetary science. Geology describes the structure of the Earth on and beneath its surface and...

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Seismic wave

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geophysics; the refraction or reflection of seismic waves is used for research into Earth's internal structure. Scientists sometimes generate and measure...

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Venus

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