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The lithosphere is brittle. A brittle material is one that loses cohesion when it fails allowing fractures to propagate through the material. The lithosphere is brittle because it is at too low a temperature and pressure to fail or deform in a ductile manner.
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Which layer of the earth do think shows the most evidence of an earthquake?
The lithosphere.
What most effectively outlines the edges of the lithosphere plates?
The lines of earthquake epicenters most effectively outline the edges of the lithosphere plates. The epicenter refers to the point on the earth's surface above the focus of an earthquake.
How are the asthenosphere and lithosphere involed with plate tectonics?
The lithosphere is the brittle surface layer composed of the crust and uppermost mantle. The asthenosphere is the ductile upper mantle on which the lithosphere is able to move.
What causes the fracture in the ground in earthquake?
Plates under the ground rub against each other creating friction and therefore raise and crack the surface.
What magnitude earthquake must a bridge in California be able to withstand?
8.5 is how much
Why do earthquake occur in the lithosphere?
Because there are tectonic plates there in the lithosphere.
What is the impact of an earthquake on the Earth's lithosphere?
The impact of an earthquake on the earth's lithosphere is quite huge. The lithosphere in most cases will be torn apart as a result of the movement of plate tectonics.
What causes the fracture of the ground?
Earthquake causes fracture of the ground.
What occurs in the lithosphere?
The natural disaster that takes place in the lithosphere is Earthquake.
What is the part of the earthquake?
Earthquakes are part of the Lithosphere.
What do you mean by plate tectonics?
The two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move,float&sometimes fracture & whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquake, volcanoes, mountains & oceanic trenches
What sphere is the Earthquake part of?
Earthquakes are part of the Lithosphere.
What layers of the earth are involved in an earthquake?
The crust and the lithosphere.
What part of the biosphere is changed when a earthquake hits?
lithosphere
What is something produced by movements of faults around the lithosphere?
Earthquake
What actions of plates boundaries cause the destruction of the lithosphere?
earthquake ...
Use the word fracture in a sentence?
I can give you several sentences.The earthquake left a fracture in the earth near our house.You will fracture that arm if you're not careful.That was a nasty fracture you had.
