A lithosphere (from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) 'rocky', and σφαίρα (sphaíra) 'sphere') is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or... 16 KB (1,881 words) - 00:04, 31 January 2024 |
Subduction (category Lithosphere) oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries. Where the oceanic lithosphere of a tectonic... 67 KB (8,274 words) - 01:09, 10 April 2024 |
Convergent boundary (category Lithosphere) destruction of lithosphere, and deformation. Convergent boundaries occur between oceanic-oceanic lithosphere, oceanic-continental lithosphere, and continental-continental... 20 KB (2,381 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2024 |
Plate tectonics (category Lithosphere) (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving... 112 KB (13,617 words) - 18:40, 26 April 2024 |
weak and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth. It lies below the lithosphere, at a depth between ~80 and 200 km (50 and 120 mi) below the surface... 18 KB (2,088 words) - 01:10, 10 April 2024 |
width in an ocean basin. The production of new seafloor and oceanic lithosphere results from mantle upwelling in response to plate separation. The melt... 36 KB (4,662 words) - 15:55, 23 April 2024 |
the biosphere, hydrosphere/cryosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere (or lithosphere). Earth science can be considered to be a branch of planetary science... 28 KB (3,331 words) - 14:51, 1 April 2024 |
Isostasy (section Lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary) is the state of gravitational equilibrium between Earth's crust (or lithosphere) and mantle such that the crust "floats" at an elevation that depends... 22 KB (2,874 words) - 16:09, 3 February 2024 |
In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics. Typical rift features are... 22 KB (2,534 words) - 16:35, 21 January 2024 |
Effective elastic thickness of the lithosphere is the estimated thickness of the elastic plate to substitute for lithosphere in order to investigate observed... 5 KB (490 words) - 09:17, 3 December 2023 |
Adriatic Plate (redirect from Adriatic lithosphere) The Adriatic or Apulian Plate is a small tectonic plate carrying primarily continental crust that broke away from the African Plate along a large transform... 3 KB (277 words) - 21:54, 30 August 2022 |
lithosphere that is not an active plate margin. A passive margin forms by sedimentation above an ancient rift, now marked by transitional lithosphere... 24 KB (2,909 words) - 11:08, 18 April 2024 |
continent due to the stress of plate collision). Obduction of oceanic lithosphere produces a characteristic set of rock types called an ophiolite. This... 13 KB (1,638 words) - 19:47, 14 February 2024 |
geosphere, variously defined. It may be taken as the collective name for the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, and the atmosphere. The different collectives... 4 KB (436 words) - 20:48, 6 February 2024 |
Geophysical imaging (section Imaging the Lithosphere) combined to create a more accurate image of the lithosphere. The techniques used to image the lithosphere can be used to map out the thermostructure of... 7 KB (728 words) - 05:10, 28 January 2024 |
Potassium cycle (section Lithosphere and Soil) cycle that describes the movement of potassium throughout the Earth's lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Along with nitrogen and phosphorus... 8 KB (903 words) - 20:30, 17 November 2023 |
within the Earth's mantle allows material to rise to the base of the lithosphere beneath each divergent plate boundary. This supplies the area with huge... 6 KB (761 words) - 07:57, 14 March 2024 |
The lithospheric mantle is the portion of the lithosphere within the mantle, as opposed to the crust. It is solid, and is the uppermost part of the mantle... 2 KB (177 words) - 21:29, 11 April 2024 |
oceanic lithosphere on one plate and oceanic lithosphere on another, or between oceanic lithosphere on one plate and continental lithosphere on another... 15 KB (1,854 words) - 00:11, 16 March 2024 |
flexure (also called regional isostasy) is the process by which the lithosphere (rigid, thin outer layer of the Earth) bends under the action of forces... 3 KB (248 words) - 00:55, 18 April 2024 |
Oxygen cycle (section Lithosphere) through the atmosphere (air), biosphere (plants and animals) and the lithosphere (the Earth’s crust). The oxygen cycle demonstrates how free oxygen is... 16 KB (1,486 words) - 18:21, 27 March 2024 |
tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot, raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean ridges. Although... 14 KB (1,593 words) - 10:05, 15 April 2024 |