Croatian seismologist and meteorologist Croatian seismologist and meteorologist, Andrija Mohorovicic was the first one to suggest the existence of a boundary surface separating the crust of the earth from the underlying mantle. This layer, which is 5...

1857-1936 Croatian geologist who discovered Earth's crust-mantle boundary—the Mohorovicic discontinuity. Mohorovicic's study of seismic records from a 1909 earthquake revealed two distinct sets of waves. This indicated that the...

Andrija Mohorovičić (pronounced [ˈʌndrɪja mɔhɔːrɔvɪtʃɪtʃ]) (January 23 1857 – December 18, 1936) was a notable Croatian meteorologist and seismologist. He is best known as the eponym for the Mohorovičić...

Well known for his discovery of discontinuity between Earth's crust and mantle, this all-around geophysicist also made pioneering observations of rotor-type circulation in bora. Andrija Mohorovicic initiated Iiis cloud observations on 1 May 1888 while a professor at the Royal Nautical School in...

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