[Doctor Stochastic]

Another reason for abandoning the MOHOLE was that much of the stuff to be studied is just lying on the ground in northern California (actually, it is the ground.) Much of that area is sea-crust as opposed to continental crust.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

The moho area was selected because it was one of the shortest paths through the crust to the mantle.

So you think the liquid mantle under the stress of the crust and the heat is the same as a lava flow?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

"Another reason for abandoning the MOHOLE was that much of the stuff to be studied is just lying on the ground in northern California (actually, it is the ground.) Much of that area is sea-crust as opposed to continental crust."

The mohole project was not about the crust it was about going through the crust to sample the mantle.