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What is the irregular section of the lithosphere that floats on earths mantle?
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Is the lithosphere a solid that floats on the inner part of the mantle?
Yes. It floats on the weak mobile layer of the mantle.
How does the lithosphere differ from the asthenophere in terms of texture?
lithosphere is differ from the asthenophere because lithosphere in greek lithos means "stone" and asthenophere is what the crust floats on.
What is the layer that floats above the earths core?
The earth's mantle.
How is the lithosphere different then the adthosphere?
The lithosphere is defined as the crust plus the brittle, uppermost mantle to which it is attached. The part of the upper mantle called the asthenosphere is ductile, and is the portion of the mantle on which the lithosphere 'floats'. Essentially, it is a difference in the degree of ductility. The lithosphere is brittle; the mantle is ductile.
What is the difference between lithosphere and asthenosphere?
The difference between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere is that the asthenosphere is the lower part of the upper mantle it behaves like a plastic but flows much more easily than the rest of the mantle. The lithosphere however, includes the entire crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, it is more rigid and brittle and doesn't flow.
What is the section of the lithosphere which is always moving?
The lithosphere, which is composed of the crust and upper mantle, floats and moves on top of the ductile asthenosphere.
What is the soft layer on the mantle which the lithosphere floats?
asthenosphere
What is the soft layer of the mantle which the lithosphere floats?
asthenosphere
What are some facts about the earth's lithosphere?
More lithosphere facts:The lithosphere is the solid outer layer of the planetIt is 70-100 kilometers thickIt "floats" on top of a warmer, non-rigid layerThe temperature beneath the lithosphere can reach 1,000 degrees CelsiusThere is about 10 percent molten material at the lower portions of the lithosphere
What rests on the astheosphere?
The Lithosphere Floats on top of the asthenosphere because it is less dense.
Is the lithosphere a solid that floats on the inner part of the mantle?
Yes. It floats on the weak mobile layer of the mantle.
The lithosphere floats on a layer of the earth mantle called?
The asthenosphere.
What is the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats is the?
It Is Known As The Asthenoshere
How does the lithosphere differ from the asthenophere in terms of texture?
lithosphere is differ from the asthenophere because lithosphere in greek lithos means "stone" and asthenophere is what the crust floats on.
Why is the lithosphere part of earth's crust?
Because stone floats on metal.
Which suggests that earth lithosphere floats on the asthenosphere?
tension or compression or shear or isostasy
What is moving in plate tectonics?
The Lithosphere, which is made up of the entire crust and the upper mantle. This Lithosphere floats on the weak/molten lowwer mantle, called the Asthenosphere.
