Traditionally made with local olives, oil-cured tuna, and anchovies, this protein-rich salad from Provence has become a staple of brasseries all over France.This recipe first appeared in our June/July 2012 issue along with Sylvie Bigar's story The Road to Paradise. Salade Nicoise. niÃ§oise French bistro staple, this provencal provenÃ§al salad combines, tuna, olives, cucumber green, beans, anchovies and other spring vegetables for a filling and-protein rich. meal
The thickness of the crust beneath continents is much more variable but averages about 30 km; under large mountain ranges, such as the Alps or the Sierra Nevada, however, the base of the crust can be as deep as 100 km. Like the shell of an egg, the Earth's crust is brittle and can break. Cutaway views showing the internal structure of the Earth.
In the image displayed above, the crust was assumed to be 600 miles thick and the distance from rim to rim is 650 miles (arrived at using calculations with the polar and equatorial diameters of the earth). You can compare this with what the opening might look like if the crust were only 400 miles thick at the pole.