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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.
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What layer of the mantle is most plastic or bendable?
Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid is called _________?
What part of the mantle is made of soft rock that bends like plastic.?
A portion of the upper mantle known as the asthenosphere.
What is made of soft rock and bends like plastic in the mantle?
The asthenosphere.
What is the plastic like layer within the Earth known as?
This is known as the asthenosphere.
What is the plastic-like part of the mantle?
The asthenosphere is made of soft rock and bends like plastic in the mantle.
What layer of the mantle is most plastic or bendable?
Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid is called _________?
What is the plastic like zone in the mantle?
asthenosphere
What is earth's plastic-like layer called?
The asthenosphere.
What is the solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere?
The plastic-like layer of the Earth's upper mantle directly below the lithosphere is called the asthenosphere.
Is the asthenosphere soft or hard?
Yes the asthenosphere is soft and can bend like plastic.
What is a plastic like layer of earth below the the lithosphere?
The asthenosphere.
What is the plastic like layer of the earth below the the lithosphere?
The asthenosphere.
What happens in asthenosphere?
It's where the plates of the lithosphere move around on, the plastic like layer of the asthenosphere. the plates move around on these
What part of the mantle is made of soft rock that bends like plastic.?
A portion of the upper mantle known as the asthenosphere.
The asthenosphere is not considered solid because it can bend like plastic?
True
What is made of soft rock and bends like plastic in the mantle?
The asthenosphere.
What is the plastic like layer within the Earth known as?
This is known as the asthenosphere.
