Earth's crust

(thing) by whort Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:27:00
Otherwise known as the "lithosphere," Earth's crust is the rocky outer layer of the planet, which floats on the semi-liquid mantle. Earth's crust is composed of a number of tectonic plates which slowly drift about on convection currents in the mantle.
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