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1) Geosphere
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The outer, rigid shell of the Earth above the asthenosphere. It contains the crust, continents, and plates.
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• (n.) The outer part of the solid earth, the portion undergoing change through the gradual transfer of material by volcanic eruption, the circulation of underground water, and the process of erosion and deposition. It is, therefore, regarded as a third mobile envelope comparable with the hydrosphere and atmosphere. • (n.) The solid earth...
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The rigid crust and uppermost mantle of the earth. Thickness is on the order of 60 miles (100 km). Stronger than the underlying asthenosphere.
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The crust of a planet.
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(from the article `Earth`) ...On geologic timescales, the mantle behaves as a very viscous fluid and responds to stress by flowing. Together the uppermost mantle and the crust ... ...began undergoing a revolution from the 1950s. Theories of continental drift and seafloor spreading evolved into plate tectonics, the concept that ... Th...
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the rigid top layer of the earth that includes the crust (see tectonic plate) and the upper mantle. See asthenosphere.
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The crust and uppermost mantle of a planet or moon. Earth's lithosphere is about 100 km thick, though its thickness is age dependent (older lithosphere is thicker). Below the lithosphere is the asthenosphere.
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The outer, rigid shell of the earth. It is composed of the entire crust and uppermost part of the mantle. The thickness of the lithosphere varies from around 5km to up to 100km where there is thick continental crust. The lithosphere is above the more ductile asthenosphere. The boundary between these two layer is the Mohorovicic discontinuity. The l...
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The rigid crust and uppermost mantle of the earth. Thickness is on the order of 60 miles (100 km). Stronger than the underlying asthenosphere.
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lithosphere. The outer solid part of the earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle. The lithosphere is about 100 km thick, although its thickness is age dependent (older lithosphere is thicker).The lithosphere below the crust is brittle enough at some locations to produce earthquakes by faulting, such as within a subducted oceanic plate.
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A layer of solid, brittle rock making up the outer 100 kilometers of the Earth, encompassing both the crust and the outermost part of the upper mantle. See also asthenosphere.
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The outer, rigid shell of the Earth, situated above the asthenosphere and containing the crust, cont
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Lith'o·sphere noun [
Litho- +
sphere .]
(Physics Geology) (a) The solid earth as distinguished from its fluid envelopes, the hydrosphere and atmosphere.
(b) The outer part of the solid earth, the portion undergoing change through the gradual transfer of material by...
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The relatively rigid outer zone of the earth, which includes the continental crust, the oceanic crust, and the part of the mantle lying above the softer asthenosphere.
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the outer skin of the earth, composed of the crust and the uppermost mantle.
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Is the solid inorganic portion of the Earth (composed of rocks, minerals, and elements). It can be regarded as the outer surface and interior of the solid Earth.
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The outer, rigid shell of the Earth, situated above the asthenosphere and containing the crust, continents, and plates.
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(Gk: lithos stone) the crust of Earth, inside which is the mantle and the core.
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lithosphere Related 'stone, rock' word families: lapid-; petro-; saxi-; stele-.
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The component of the Earth's surface comprising the rock, soil, and sediments. It is a relatively passive component of the climate system, and its physical character- istics are treated as fixed elements in the determination of climate.
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geosphere noun the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
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a strong layer of the Earth, about 100 km in thickness, consisting of the Earth's crust and a portion of the underlying upper mantle. This layer lies on top of the weaker asthenosphere.
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The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.
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