The crust or the surface.
asthenosphere
The crust
The outer solid part of the earth, which includes the crust and part of the upper mantle.
a subdivision of the upper mantle situated below the lithosphere ; a zone of plastic, easily deformed rock.
The Moho is an abbreviation of the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, the boundary between the crust and the upper mantle.
The crust or the surface.
The asthenosphere is the highly viscous, mechanically weak and ductilely -deforming region of the upper mantle of the Earth.
asthenosphere
The crust
The lithosphere is the outer part of the earth. It consists of the earth's crust and the upper mantle of the earth.
The outer solid part of the earth, which includes the crust and part of the upper mantle.
Other words that can be used for asthenosphere are crust and mantel.
a subdivision of the upper mantle situated below the lithosphere ; a zone of plastic, easily deformed rock.
Dominate
There are several different words you can use in place of mantle. Some of these words are cloak, cape, shawl, wrap, and cover.
ΧΙΤΩΝ [chiton] = coat, tunic, mantle. There is another word, sounding like "mantle", ΜΑΝΤΗΛΙ standing for: scarf -or- handkerchief.