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As a mere mammal, it's hard to comprehend the scale of things like the earth. The crust on the ocean floor is "only" about six to twelve kilometers thick. Thi
by at_a_remove 4y ago
As a mere mammal, it's hard to comprehend the scale of things like the earth. The crust on the ocean floor is "only" about six to twelve kilometers thick. This is only one one-thousandths to two one-thousandths of the earth's radius. It might as well be a drop of sweat entering a crack on your chapped lips by comparison. Some would get into the lithosphere, but that's still quite near the surface, again, next to everything else.
Once you get past the crust, and then the various layers of the mantle, to the liquidy bits, well ... the density is so high that water would be completely forced to float to the top even if you could get the water down there. Plus it would be exposed to high temperatures and might well be steam (depending on local pressures).
- mrmckizzle 4y agoIt's actually not liquid (at least that's the theory). It's more like butter. The magma that you see at the surface is due to the rocks melting since there is a decreases in pressure and there are other minerals in the rock i.e. water. Don't quote me on that... that's what I remember from my Geology class from 10+ years ago.
- jacquesm 4y agoThe earth is best thought of as a ball of rock with an iron core that is slightly damp.