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The asthenosphere is the upper part of the upper mantle.

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What layer lies beneath the lithosphere?

The 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.


Which part of earth is hot enought to melt rock?

The asthenosphere and all areas below.


What is the zone below the lithosphere in the earth?

The zone below the lithosphere is called the asthenosphere. It is a semi-solid layer of the Earth's mantle where the rock is partially molten, allowing for tectonic plate movement. The asthenosphere is located between 100 to 200 kilometers beneath the Earth's surface.


What is the athenosphere and what is it located between?

The asthenosphere is a region of Earth's upper mantle that is partially molten and flows slowly, allowing tectonic plates to move. It is located beneath the lithosphere and extends to a depth of about 200 kilometers below the surface.


Is the asthenosphere part of the earths crust?

No, the asthenosphere is not part of the Earth's crust. It is a layer within the upper mantle, located below the lithosphere. The asthenosphere is a semi-fluid region that allows the lithospheric plates to move.


What is the part of the earth where the melted rocks are located beneath the crust?

The mantle. Specifically, the upper mantle, or asthenosphere, is directly below the crust. It is a layer of melted, but still firm and slightly gooey, rock.


What is the partially melted part of earth that carries the crust?

It is called the asthenosphere.


How far below the earth's surface is the asthenosphere?

The asthenosphere begins at around 100-150 km depth in the Earth. This is below the lithosphere, which consists of the crust and the uppermost mantle (the plates in plate tectonics).The asthenosphere is in the mantle, but it is still unclear how much of the mantle (which goes down to a depth of ~2900 km) is actually part of the asthenosphere.


What is asthenosphere?

The asthenosphere is the viscous region of the upper mantle of the Earth that lies just below the lithosphere.


What part of the Earth is in the asthenosphere?

the crust


Part of earth's interior that flows like plastic?

Partially molten, plastic like, flowing layer located below the solid part of Earth's mantle is the Asthenosphere. The asthenosphere is mechanically weak and ductiley deforming region of the upper mantle.