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Concept that rocks of the crust and upper mantle are floating in gravitatioal balance?
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∙ 14y ago
It is the concept of isostasy.
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What is the concept that rocks of the crust and upper mantle are floating in gravitational balance?
isostasy
Why is the mantle is constant motion?
Its floating on a liquid.
Which forces responsible for earths crust and lithosphere floating on the mantle?
convection currents in the upper mantle
Which force is responsible for earth's crust and lithosphere floating on the mantle?
convection currents in the upper mantle
Why is the crust able to float and move on top of the mantle?
it is floating on it
Why does Earth's crust sit on top of the mantle?
The crust lies on top of the mantle because it is composed of less dense materials than the mantle is. The crust is essentially floating on the mantle.
How slowly do the continental plates move?
because they are floating on top of a liquid mantle
What are the slabs of the lithosphere floating on the molten mantle called?
They are called tectonic plates.
How the thin outer crust is floating on the thick liquid mantle causing the crust to move and form a divergent plate boundary?
how the thin outer crust is floating on the thick liquid mantle, causing the crust to move and form a divergent plate boundary
What do you call pieces of earth's crust that are floating on the mantle?
Tectonic plates.
What are tectonic plates referring to?
The plates of crustal rock floating on the mantle rockand being moved by the flow of mantle rock in convection cells driven by the heating of radioactive decay deep in the core and lower mantle.
The balance between the weight of a continent and the buoyant force of mantle is?
isostasy
