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xroflmao

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Contrast the physical characteristics of the asthenosphere and the lithosphere.
 
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Chinook winds, land-sea breezes and Santa Ana winds are examples of ________ circulations.
 
  A) synoptic B) macroscale C) vortex D) microscale E) mesoscale


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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
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The top portion of the upper mantle is part of the stiff lithosphere, and beneath that is the weaker asthenosphere. The lithosphere consists of the entire crust and uppermost mantle and forms Earth's relatively cool, rigid outer shell. It averages approximately 100 kilometers in thickness, but the lithosphere is more than 250 kilometers thick below the oldest portions of the continents. Beneath this stiff layer to a depth of about 350 kilometers lies the soft, comparatively weak asthenosphere. The top portion of the asthenosphere has a temperature/pressure regime that results in a small amount of melting. Within this very weak zone, the asthenosphere and lithosphere are mechanically detached from each other. The result is that the lithosphere is able to move independently of the asthenosphere.

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