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What is the downward movement into the asthenosphere of a lithospheric plate?
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Subduction.
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The plate tectonic theory can best be described as?
earth's natural process by which its lithospheric plates slowly move about because of movement in the asthenosphere
What is the study of lithospheric movement?
Seismology / Geology / Tectonophysics / Plate Tectonics.
What causes events such such as earthquakes volcanic eruptions and the creation of mountains?
lithospheric plate movement
What are the earths plates floating on?
The surface of the Earth is divided into roughly 30 separately distinct units called plates. Each individual plate is separated by a fault, and each plate moves independently of every other plate. The movement, or float, of the lithospheric plates is caused by heat from the Earth's interior, which causes convection currents in the Earth's mantle, a layer of solid but movable plastic-like rock. The movement of Earth's lithospheric plate which 'float' on the mantle is very slow in human terms, roughly the rate of fingernail growth, but over millions of years, the change in plate locations is dramatic.
What is the role of the mid-ocean ridge in the movement of lithospheric plate?
Fill the gap between separating plates.
Why is the asthenosphere important to the theory of plate tectonics?
It is the movement of ductile rock in the asthenosphere caused by convection currents that creates movement of the lithospheric plates. It is the conveyor belt on which the plates move.
Why is the asthenosphere so important to the theory of plate tectonic?
It is the movement of ductile rock in the asthenosphere caused by convection currents that creates movement of the lithospheric plates. It is the conveyor belt on which the plates move.
The plate tectonic theory can best be described as?
earth's natural process by which its lithospheric plates slowly move about because of movement in the asthenosphere
Section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere?
A lithospheric plate.
What describes a cause of lithospheric plate movement across the surface of earth?
the plates are driven across the surface by convection currents within the plastic rock of the asthenosphere.
What is lithospheric plate movement?
The lithosphere is the solid part of the Earth's surface, the crust and uppermost mantle, which is fragmented into plates which "float" over the hotter, more fluid asthenosphere.
What are structures on earth that move on the asthenosphere?
One example of a structure on Earth that moves on the asthenosphere is a tectonic plate. These plates are huge sections of Earth's lithosphere that float and move on the semi-fluid asthenosphere. The movement of these plates is responsible for phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountains.
What is the study of lithospheric movement?
Seismology / Geology / Tectonophysics / Plate Tectonics.
Why is the asthenosphere important to plate tectonics?
The crust slides around on this layer. (Continental+Oceanic drift) It helps the theory of tectonic plates because continental drift is where the continents were one big island call Pangaea but we slid apart.
How is tectonic movement producing the Himalayan mountain range?
A continental plate is colliding with another continental plate, causing upward motion. A lithospheric plate is colliding with another lithospheric plate of similar bouyancy, causing upward motion.
What causes events such such as earthquakes volcanic eruptions and the creation of mountains?
lithospheric plate movement
Which layers of the earth are involved in tectonic plate movement?
Basically.... The Lithosphere and The Asthenosphere.
