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Meanings of
lithosphere
in English
Russian
сиаль
Portuguese
litosfera
Catalan
litosfera
Spanish
litosfera
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The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.
geosphere
Russian
сиаль
Usage of
lithosphere
in English
1
From here we monitor the core, asthenosphere, and
lithosphere
,
the convection and conduction.
2
Only Vin's stone is the whole of the earth-theentire
lithosphere
.
3
Continental rifting requires the existence of extensional forces great enough to break the
lithosphere
.
4
We suggest that such a mechanism may typify rapid localised extension of continental
lithosphere
.
5
The rock cores pulled up from the deep
lithosphere
are slightly magnetic, like compass needles.
6
By their action upon the
lithosphere
they have produced a third envelope,-themantle of rock waste.
7
The earth sciences aim to unravel how the
lithosphere
,
atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere operate-andhow they operate together.
8
But it is not clear what happens at the base of the plates, the
lithosphere
-
asthenosphere
boundary (LAB).
9
As I read deeper about Antarctica, I came across another "sphere", the
lithosphere
,
a world of rock.
10
Next was the hydrosphere, which included all water within and on the
lithosphere
,
in the atmosphere, and in the biosphere.
11
Ms Perez Diaz says that when the
lithosphere
is subject to a horizontal extensional force it will stretch, becoming thinner.
12
To say that the
lithosphere
floats on top of the asthenosphere suggests a degree of easy buoyancy that isn't quite right.
13
Magma can then be generated by decompression melting as the asthenosphere ascends to fill in the space of the detached
lithosphere
.
14
The plates constitute the hard
lithosphere
-literally, 'sphere of rock' -which floats atop the hot, semi-molten asthenosphere - 'sphereof weakness'.
15
The dark, cold abysses of the ocean are far less affected by change than any other portion of the surface of the
lithosphere
.
16
Innermost was the endosphere, the molten spherical body of the planet bounded by its
lithosphere
(the crust, including the solid surface).
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lithosphere
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
continental lithosphere
break the lithosphere
deep lithosphere
detach lithosphere
entire lithosphere
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Translations for
lithosphere
Russian
сиаль
литосфера
Portuguese
litosfera
geosfera
Catalan
litosfera
Spanish
litosfera
geosfera
litósfera
manto residual
Lithosphere
through the time