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Most earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur near the collision of two lithospheric plates. These collisions may eventually result in fractures of the brittle underlying upper mantle. Fractures may cause the layers of crust to move vilolently as during an earthquake, or allow a path for molten magma to escape through the upper mantle to the surface in an eruption.
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∙ 9y agoThe movement of the tectonic plates that make up the lithosphere have a wide variety of effects, including mountain building, earthquakes, and most of the world's volcanic activity.
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What is produced by movements of faults around the lithosphere and asthenosphere?
The lithosphere is the Earth's outermost crust. The asthenosphere is a ductile, somewhat deformable, layer 60-150 miles (100-250 km) below the Earth's surface, under the lithosphere. Movements between the two layers cause earthquakes.
The theory describes large scale movements of earths lithosphere is called what?
Plate tectonics
What is the current state of the lithosphere?
the current state of lithospere is that it can cause earthquake if there is a little fault
Do transform plate movements cause volcanoes?
Yup
What does the asthenosphere cause?
Scientists speculate that the movement of tectonic plates is created by the movement of the rigid lithosphere on the asthenosphere.
What is produced by movements of faults around the lithosphere and asthenosphere?
The lithosphere is the Earth's outermost crust. The asthenosphere is a ductile, somewhat deformable, layer 60-150 miles (100-250 km) below the Earth's surface, under the lithosphere. Movements between the two layers cause earthquakes.
What causes the movements of the lithosphere?
volcanos and earthquakes
What is something produced by movements of faults around the lithosphere?
Earthquake
What is orogenesse?
Assuming that you are referring to orogenesis,it is the process of tectonic movements in Earth's lithosphere.
What is theory that describes large scale movements of earths lithosphere?
plate tectonics :)
What is the theory that describes large-scale movements of earths lithosphere?
plate tectonics :)
What is the theory that describes large scale movements of the earths lithosphere?
plate tectonics :)
What is the theory that describes large-scale movements of earths lithosphere called?
Plate tectonics
What is the theory that describes large-scale movements of earth's lithosphere is called?
Plate tectonics
What is the theory that describes large-scale movements of earth's lithosphere called?
Plate tectonics
What is theory that describes large-scale movements of earth's lithosphere called?
Plate tectonics
The theory describes large scale movements of earths lithosphere is called what?
Plate tectonics
