Which of the following statements is false?
A) P waves travel slower in the crust than in the mantle.
B) The crust is denser than the mantle.
C) The crust-mantle boundary is called the Mohorovičić discontinuity.
D) The oceanic crust consists of basalt and gabbro.
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