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The lithospheric plates.
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One example of a structure on Earth that moves on the asthenosphere is a tectonic plate. These plates are huge sections of Earth's lithosphere that float and move on the semi-fluid asthenosphere. The movement of these plates is responsible for phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountains.
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Structures in earth that move on the asthenosphere?
The tectonic plates are the structures that move on the asthenosphere. The plates are found on the lithosphere which lies over the asthenosphere.
Continental plates move on the plastic-like layer of Earth's mantle?
Asthenosphere
Most deformable layer of the Earth?
Asthenosphere
Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere?
The asthenosphere is located in the upper mantle. The asthenosphere is below the lithosphere, the brittle outer shell of the Earth.
What is the rigid layer of earth surrounding the asthenosphere?
The rigid layer of earth surrounding the asthenosphere is the lithosphere.
Structures in earth that move on the asthenosphere?
The tectonic plates are the structures that move on the asthenosphere. The plates are found on the lithosphere which lies over the asthenosphere.
What structures in the Earth move on the asthenosphere?
The lithosphere over lies the asthenosphere and is broken up into discrete sections known as tectonic plates which move.
What is the solid plastic layer of earth on which tectonic plates move?
The asthenosphere.
Continental plates move on the plastic-like layer of Earth's mantle?
Asthenosphere
Plasticlike layer of Earth on which the lithosperic plates float and move around?
Asthenosphere
What part of the earth is where tectonic plates move?
asthenosphere
Most deformable layer of the Earth?
Asthenosphere
Is the Earth's asthenosphere rigid?
No. The asthenosphere is plastic in texture.
Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere?
The asthenosphere is located in the upper mantle. The asthenosphere is below the lithosphere, the brittle outer shell of the Earth.
Which layer of earth contains asthenosphere?
The asthenosphere is located in the upper mantle. The asthenosphere is below the lithosphere, the brittle outer shell of the Earth.
What is the partially melted part of earth that carries the crust?
It is called the asthenosphere.
What is the stress caused by in the Earth's crust?
The grinding of tectonic plates. This caused by the outer core sending heat to the asthenosphere. The heat creates convection cells (aka convection currents), which move the asthenosphere. The tectonic, or lithospheric, plates are floating on the asthenosphere. When the asthenosphere moves, the tectonic plates move, and they gring together. The grinding will eventually cause a tectonic plate to fracture, which releases energy through the earth as seismic waves, and an earthquake occurs.
