My 6th grade text book says it is 100 km thick
Yes. The asthenosphere is molten and plastic, the lithosphere is mostly not molten and is rigid.
The oceanic lithosphere is usually between 31 and 87 miles thick. The continental lithosphere is usually between 25 and 174 miles thick.
The lithosphere, or sphere of rock, is made up primarily of granitic and basaltic rock. It averages 100 kilometers in thickness. It is the outermost rigid unit of life.
Younger. The mid-ocean ridge is formed from new material being thrust up from inside the Earth.
As odd as it is to think of things this way, continental lithosphere is more buoyant than oceanic lithosphere. The oceanic lithosphere is more dense.
The thickness of the Lithosphere is 60 miles.
Yes. The asthenosphere is molten and plastic, the lithosphere is mostly not molten and is rigid.
The lithosphere includes the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. Oceanic lithosphere is typically about 50-100 km thick, while continental lithosphere has a range in thickness from about 40 km to perhaps 200 km.
My 6th grade text book says it is 100 km thick
The oceanic lithosphere is usually between 31 and 87 miles thick. The continental lithosphere is usually between 25 and 174 miles thick.
both of them together is 333 kilometers. you can search the Internet for how thick the crust is and subtract that from 333 to get the thickness of the mantle part.
The lithosphere, or sphere of rock, is made up primarily of granitic and basaltic rock. It averages 100 kilometers in thickness. It is the outermost rigid unit of life.
Anywhere from 5 to 70 miles, roughly, the range of thickness of the lithosphere.
Facts about the Earths's lithosphere:The lithosphere includes the Earths's crust and upper mantle.it is broken into tectonic plates.The uppermost part of the lithosphere is known as the 'pedosphere'. This is the part that reacts to the atmosphere and biosphere through the soil forming process.there are two types of lithosphere - oceanic and continental.Oceanic lithosphere ranges between 50-100 km in thickness.Continental lithosphere ranges between 40 and 200 km in thickness.
Facts about the Earths's lithosphere:The lithosphere includes the Earths's crust and upper mantle.it is broken into tectonic plates.The uppermost part of the lithosphere is known as the 'pedosphere'. This is the part that reacts to the atmosphere and biosphere through the soil forming process.there are two types of lithosphere - oceanic and continental.Oceanic lithosphere ranges between 50-100 km in thickness.Continental lithosphere ranges between 40 and 200 km in thickness.
No. The lithosphere is the outermost crust, the geosphere is the inside of earth. (I think, but I know that the last person to answer said "yes" so this is a better answer.) no: you're both wrong. the lithosphere is part of the mantle, which are plate tectonics. the geosphere and lithosphere are the same thing. they are both part of earth and have to do with its interior
The crust and the hard uppermost mantle make up the lithosphere, which is the solid, rocky layer covering the entire surface of the planet and reacts to stresses as a brittle solid. The lithosphere ranges in thickness from 50 - 200 kmA and is fragmented into tectonic plates with boundaries where plates collide, diverge, or grind past each other.A Wilson, M. (2000) Igneous Petrogenesis - A Global Tectonic Approach, Chapman and Hall, London.