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The temperature of the plastic mantle, or asthenosphere, is inferred to be about 1600 degrees Celsius.
convection
The plastic-like layer of the Earth's upper mantle directly below the lithosphere is called the asthenosphere.
Yes the asthenosphere is soft and can bend like plastic.
asthenosphere
The temperature of the plastic mantle, or asthenosphere, is inferred to be about 1600 degrees Celsius.
convection
No. The asthenosphere is plastic in texture.
The plastic-like layer of the Earth's upper mantle directly below the lithosphere is called the asthenosphere.
asthenosphere
Yes the asthenosphere is soft and can bend like plastic.
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asthenosphere
The asthenosphere, moves with convection
The asthenosphere.
The asthenosphere is considered to be made up of plastic materials and flows about 15 cm per year. The asthenosphere is the lower mantle.
The elevated temperature and the application of loads that are a significant fraction of the failure strength of the material forming the asthenosphere lead to creep (or plastic) behaviour.