Review Article

Geoneutrinos

Table 5

Masses of Earth reservoirs and geological response factors (5.3) based on PREM [125], where each reservoir is a spherical shell of uniform thickness. More precise crustal mass calculated using a seismically determined crustal structure (model CRUST2.0 [126]) is also included.

( kg) ( kg m−2)

Crust 0.0312 (C2: 0.0277) 0.0218
Mantle 4.00 1.18
Outer core 1.84 0.386
Inner core 0.0984 0.0194
Earth 5.97 1.60