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Yes. The Lithosphere tends to fail in a brittle rather than ductile fashion.
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What are the differences between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere?
The lithosphere is cold and brittle whereas the asthenosphere is hot and dense.
What is the lithosphere's texture?
Hard, brittle, rock.
The third layer of the lithosphere is fluid?
The lithosphere consists of the crust and the brittle uppermost mantle. There is no fluid layer or third layer of the lithosphere.
Is the crust and the mantle brittle or is the crust and lithosphere brittle?
In order to answer this you need to understand the difference between the compositional layers of the earth and the physical layers. The crust and mantle are differing layers of the earth based on chemical composition. The lithosphere is a layer of the earth defined based on it's physical or mechanical properties (how it deforms). The lithosphere is composed of the crust and the portion of the upper mantle which deforms elastically and fails in a brittle manner (fractures can propagate through the material). So in the question where you ask is the crust and lithosphere brittle, the answer is yes as the crust is entirely part of the lithosphere which by definition is brittle. However as described above, a section of the upper mantle is also a brittle solid and so that too is part of the lithosphere. However below this, the mantle behaves as a ductile solid.
What is the outer part of the earth composed of solid rock?
The lithosphere is the outer rocky shell of the Earth, based on the physical state of the material (brittle). The lithosphere is a combination of the crust, and the brittle uppermost mantle to which it is attached.
What is the lithosphere of the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of the crust and uppermost hard, brittle mantle.
What are facts about the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is made up of the crust and uppermost brittle mantle.
What are facts the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is made up of the crust and uppermost brittle mantle.
Are the crust and the lithosphere brittle?
The lithosphere, which consists of the crust and uppermost mantle, is considered hard and brittle, unlike the asthenosphere, where rock is considered ductile.
Why is the lithosphere able to fracture into an earthquake?
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.
Is the oceanic lithosphere thick and brittle?
yes
What are the differences between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere?
The lithosphere is cold and brittle whereas the asthenosphere is hot and dense.
What substance is the lithosphere made of?
Rigid, brittle rock.
Where is the crust and brittle upper mantle form?
The Lithosphere
What is the lithosphere's texture?
Hard, brittle, rock.
Is the lithospere located in the crust?
The lithosphere includes the crust and the very top of the mantle. The lithosphere is cool and brittle.
What is the crust and brittle upper mantle called?
Earth's crust and brittle upper mantle is called the lithosphere.
