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 |
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 |