Mantle (geology) Mantle (geology) The mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust. Mantles are made of rock or ices, and are generally the largest and most massive layer of the planetary body. Mantles are characteristic of planetary bodies that have undergone differentiation by density. All terrestrial planets (including Earth), a number of asteroids, and some planetary moons have mantles. The Earth's mantle is a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core. Its mass of 4.01 × 10 kg is 67% the mass of the Earth. It has
Core-and-pod kind of large and wide tree, with many “branches,” or pods, off the main “trunk,” or core. Core-and-pod Core-and-pod design is a network design that uses individual pods that hang off the core layer as atomic units. Within the pod, there may be only a single access layer or a “leaf and spine” network in the pod. The routed core layer serves as a fast and simple way to connect many generations of pods to each other. When the “leaf and spine” network is used within the pod, the core layer can be referred to as the “spine of spines,”