The lithosphere is less dense than the asthenosphere, and located below it. The lithosphere is denser than the asthenosphere, and located below it. The lithosphere and asthenosphere are equally dense. Compared to the lithosphere, the asthenosphere is a. Chapter 02 - Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards Chapter 02 - Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards e.
Earthquakes are common along which types of plate boundaries? Which process creates island chains with active volcanoes at one end? Asthenospheric convection moves a magma plume under a stationary plate. Divergent boundaries move plates away from a stationary magma plume. Convergent boundaries move the location of melting crust under a stationary plate. Crustal plates move over a stationary magma plume.
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Spreading Centers 2. Rift Zones B. Collision Zones C. Collision of Continents 1. Collision Zone D. Transform Boundaries E. Hotspot Volcanoes 1. Oceanic Hotspots 2. Resurgent Calderas.
Development of a Theory A. Pangaea B. Continental Drift 1. Mountain Ranges 2. Age of Rocks 3. Fossils 4. Glaciation C. Seafloor Spreading 1. Mid-Oceanic Ridge. Magnetic Field 3. Age of Seafloor D. Plate Tectonics E. Scientific Method F. Hypothesis G. Theory KEY TERMS asthenosphere collision zone continental drift convergent boundary core crust divergent boundary hotspot volcano hypothesis isostacy lithosphere lithospheric plate magnetic field.
Earth Structure and Plates Earth is made up of an inner and outer core, surround by a brick mantle and covered by a much thinner crust. The crust and stiff outer part of the underlying mantle is called the lithosphere. The inner, hotter region is the asthenosphere. The concept of isostacy explains why the lower-density continental rocks stand higher than the ocean-floor rocks and sink deeper into the underlying mantle.
This behavior is analogous to ice lower density floating higher in water higher density. A dozen or so nearly rigid lithospheric plates make up the outer 60 to km of Earth.
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