What elements make up the asthenosphere?

Answer 1

The lithosphere is composed of the oceanic and continental crust, along with the rigid upper mantle. The asthenosphere is the plastic like upper mantle directly below the lithosphere where rock can move, bend, and deform without breaking.

Answer 2

The asthenosphere is composed of the layer of mantle below the lithosphere where the rock has plastic like qualities and is able to bend and deform without breaking.

The Earth's crust is the uppermost layer of the Earth and is solid. It sits on the Mantle which is the huge volume of below the crust but above the inner core.

The Earth's crust is solid and some of the upper mantle is solid too. Those together are called the Lithosphere. Below that, mantle material changes into a more liquid-like form. It is region where this transition from the solid to the liquid is taking place that the name asthenosphereis given. It is separately names because it is the movement of this part of the mantel that carries the tectonic plates above. When we speak of continental drift we are discussing motion of the lithosphere and have to include the continents (crust) plus this asthenosphere.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The asthenosphere is composed of solid rock that is partially molten, allowing it to flow slowly over time. It is predominantly made up of magnesium- and iron-rich minerals such as olivine and pyroxene. This layer lies beneath the rigid lithosphere and plays a crucial role in the movement of tectonic plates.

Answer 5

The asthenosphere is a highly viscous, mechanically weak, ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth. It is believed that parts of it are made from rock melt.

Answer 6

The layer that is the asthenosphere IS the asthenospehere.

Answer 7

Three layers:

Upper crust

Lower crust

Mantle lithosphere.

Answer 8

The crust and the uppermost rigid mantle.

Answer 9

upper mantel and the crust