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Brittle-Ductile Boundary

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-003668

The depth in the crust where the crust changes from being brittle (tending to break) above, to being ductile (tending to bend) below. Most earthquakes occur in the brittle portion of the crust above the brittle-ductile boundary.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-003668
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSGS Earthquake Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003668",
  "term": "Brittle-Ductile Boundary",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The depth in the crust where the crust changes from being brittle (tending to break) above, to being ductile (tending to bend) below. Most earthquakes occur in the brittle portion of the crust above the brittle-ductile boundary.",
  "references": [
    "USGS Earthquake Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/brittle-ductile-boundary/"
}

Record 3,668 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.