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What is the partially molten layer of the mantle called?
The partially molten layer of the mantle is called the asthenosphere. This zone is partially molten and allows tectonic plates to move on top of it.
Area where an ocean plate descends into the upper mantle?
Subduction Zone
The zone below the lithosphere it is more plastic than the lithosphere so it is easier to bend and move?
The plastic-like layer below the lithosphere is called the asthenosphere. It is partially molten and allows the rigid lithosphere above it to move and drift on the flowing asthenosphere, causing tectonic plate movement.
What is the composition of the athenosphere?
The Athenosophere is the layer below the lithosphere in the mantle. It can bend like plastic, but if you kicked it, you would stub your toe.
What is the average depth of the upper mantle?
The upper mantle extends from the base of the Earth's crust down to a depth of about 410 kilometers (approximately 255 miles). It lies above the transition zone, which separates the upper mantle from the lower mantle. The upper mantle is primarily composed of silicate minerals and is involved in tectonic processes, including plate tectonics and mantle convection.
What are the 3 sections in the mantle?
The mantle is divided into the upper mantle, transition zone, and lower mantle. The upper mantle is beneath the lithosphere, the transition zone lies between the upper and lower mantle, and the lower mantle extends to the outer core.
Does the transition zone separate the lower mantle from the upper mantle?
Yes, the transition zone is a region in the Earth's mantle located between the upper and lower mantle. It is marked by changes in temperature, pressure, and mineral composition.
Where are you if you are 100km below the surface?
If you were 100 km below the surface you would be in the upper mantle / asthenosphere.
Is lithoshpere a zone in the upper mantle deformed by plastic flowage?
No, the lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of the Earth consisting of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle. It is not deformed by plastic flowage, but rather broken into tectonic plates that can move and interact with each other.
Earth's crust and its upper mantle is called?
The lithosphere is the crust Moho and upper mantle. It floats on a plasticity zone called the asthenosphere.
What is the partially molten layer of the mantle called?
The partially molten layer of the mantle is called the asthenosphere. This zone is partially molten and allows tectonic plates to move on top of it.
Area where an ocean plate descends into the upper mantle?
Subduction Zone
The zone below the lithosphere it is more plastic than the lithosphere so it is easier to bend and move?
The plastic-like layer below the lithosphere is called the asthenosphere. It is partially molten and allows the rigid lithosphere above it to move and drift on the flowing asthenosphere, causing tectonic plate movement.
What is the composition of the athenosphere?
The Athenosophere is the layer below the lithosphere in the mantle. It can bend like plastic, but if you kicked it, you would stub your toe.
What is the average depth of the upper mantle?
The upper mantle extends from the base of the Earth's crust down to a depth of about 410 kilometers (approximately 255 miles). It lies above the transition zone, which separates the upper mantle from the lower mantle. The upper mantle is primarily composed of silicate minerals and is involved in tectonic processes, including plate tectonics and mantle convection.
What is another name for plastic zone?
The plastic zone is also called the asthenosphere,because in the solid bottom part of the mantle, the temperature is sufficient to make the rock plastic, meaning, it flows.
What do you call the plastic zone between the mantle and the crust?
Mohorovicic discontinuity (or simply Moho)
