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What are two parts in lithospheric plates?
i believe it is the crust and upper mantle...
What do plates float on?
Plates float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere layer, which is part of the upper mantle. This layer is under the lithosphere and allows the movement of the tectonic plates.
Is the oceanic crust a thick layer?
Continental plates are thicker and of lower density than oceanic plates. They float like giant rock icebergs deeply embedded in the upper part of the mantle, while oceanic plates form more of a surface skin on the top of the mantle.
Are plates composed of the crust and part of the upper mantle?
Yes, tectonic plates are composed of the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle. The movement of these plates is responsible for various geological phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanic activity.
Which layer of the earth do the plates ride on?
The tectonic plates ride on the uppermost layer of the Earth's mantle, known as the lithosphere. The lithosphere includes the rigid upper part of the mantle as well as the crust, and it is broken into several large and small tectonic plates that move and interact with each other.
What are the oceanic plates pushed down in the upper mantle in?
Subduction Zones.
What are oceanic plates pushed down in the upper mantle in?
Subduction Zones.
Ocean plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in what?
Subduction Zones.
What is composed of oceanic continental crust and upper mantle?
That would be the lithosphere which is split into tectonic plates.
What are two parts in lithospheric plates?
i believe it is the crust and upper mantle...
What is the oceanic lithosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of crust and hard upper mantle. The oceanic lithosphere would be hard upper mantle and basaltic oceanic crust.
What is oceanic lithosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of crust and hard upper mantle. The oceanic lithosphere would be hard upper mantle and basaltic oceanic crust.
What is the rigid part of the tectonic plates that is made up of oceanic crust or continental crust and the upper mantle?
the lithoseshere
What is composed of oceanic or continental crust and upper mantle?
The lithosphere is composed of oceanic or continental crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. It is divided into tectonic plates that float on the semi-fluid asthenosphere and interact with each other to create geological features like earthquakes and mountain ranges.
What are the subdivision of lithosphere?
Lithosphere is categorized into two sections. They are crust and upper most mantle. Crust includes continental and oceanic crust and technology.
What layer of earth makes up the plates?
the crust + lithosphere earth's crust: crust crust continental crust lithosphere crust continental and oceanic crust mantle asthenosphere mantle lower mantle mantle outer core outer core inner core inner core
Which layer of the earth contains the tectonic plates?
The plates are part of the crust, the upper layer of the Earth. The plates are moved by currents in the upper mantle. The plates and flexible upper mantle are referred to collectively as the lithosphere and sit atop the mantle layer called the aesthenosphere.
