: the boundary layer between the earth's crust and mantle whose depth varies from about 3 miles (5 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor to about 25 miles (40 kilometers) beneath the continents
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How the Moho Is Working The force of that collision could have carried the Moho of the incoming pieces up and over the older landmass, resulting in a doubling of the Moho there, says Paul Karabinos, a geologist at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
The five-month shoot kicked off in August 2024, with Moho Film attached as the production company and CJ ENM as distributor.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
The energy followed the fault downward and bounced off the Moho to then strike the surface at places like New York City, before rebounding down and up again to hit other, more distant regions, the team suggests.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Along with Park, McKellar and Downey, the executive producers for The Sympathizer are A24; Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell for Team Downey; Niv Fichman for Rhombus Media; and Kim Ly, Ron Schmidt, Nguyen and Moho Film’s Jisun Back.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
The name was a play on the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho, which defines the boundary between the crust and mantle.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
Making it to the Moho In 1909, a Croatian seismologist named Andrija Mohorovičić discovered a boundary within Earth.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
The seismic speedup at the Moho is thought to reflect the lack of water or calcium and aluminum minerals in mantle rocks.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 25 May 2023
The first attempt at gathering a core sample like this dates back to 1957 with Project Mohole—a reference to the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho, which is a boundary between the Earth’s crust and mantle.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
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Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
The five-month shoot kicked off in August 2024, with Moho Film attached as the production company and CJ ENM as distributor.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
The energy followed the fault downward and bounced off the Moho to then strike the surface at places like New York City, before rebounding down and up again to hit other, more distant regions, the team suggests.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Along with Park, McKellar and Downey, the executive producers for The Sympathizer are A24; Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell for Team Downey; Niv Fichman for Rhombus Media; and Kim Ly, Ron Schmidt, Nguyen and Moho Film’s Jisun Back.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
The name was a play on the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho, which defines the boundary between the crust and mantle.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
Making it to the Moho In 1909, a Croatian seismologist named Andrija Mohorovičić discovered a boundary within Earth.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
The seismic speedup at the Moho is thought to reflect the lack of water or calcium and aluminum minerals in mantle rocks.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 25 May 2023
The first attempt at gathering a core sample like this dates back to 1957 with Project Mohole—a reference to the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho, which is a boundary between the Earth’s crust and mantle.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
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“Moho.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Moho. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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