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The rigid outermost shell of a rocky planet. Here on Earth, it comprises the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of thousands of years or greater.
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Can you give me some slogans on lithosphere?
lithosphere itself tells us that light the land do not make it barren
Earths lithosphere is divided up into many moving sections called what?
plate tectionics theory......................:-)
Outer most layer of earth?
The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust or lithosphere.
What is Canada composed of?
What is Canada composed of ?
Which layer of the Earth is heat escaping at Earth's surface?
lithosphere
What is the lithosphere of the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of the crust and uppermost hard, brittle mantle.
What the lithosphere made up of?
The lithosphere is composed of the oceanic and continental crusts.
What the lithosphere made of?
The lithosphere is composed of oceanic crust (mostly basalt)
What Lithosphere is made of?
The lithosphere is composed of oceanic crust (mostly basalt)
What is the lithosphere made of the?
The lithosphere is composed of oceanic crust (mostly basalt)
What describes the composition of the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock.
How is continental lithosphere different oceanic lithosphere?
Continental lithosphere is thicker and less dense than oceanic lithosphere. Continental crust is primarily composed of granitic rock while oceanic crust is composed primarily of basaltic rock.
What are the sections called that are composed of the crust and part of the upper mantle?
it is called the lithosphere
What are most tectonic plates composed of?
The Lithosphere.
What is the earth's solid rigid outer layer that is composed of crust and mantle?
The Lithosphere comprises both Upper Mantle and Crust.
What composes mantle?
The mantle is composed of the asthenosphere and the lithosphere.
tectonic plates?
major and minor blocks in the lithosphere
