asthenosphere in a sentence

Examples

1. The lithosphere is only 30 km and there is a low seismic velocity asthenosphere below.
2. As delamination continues, more asthenosphere rises to replace the lower lithosphere as it sinks.
3. A steepening of the subduction after 12 mya resulted in the influx of hot asthenosphere.
4. Beneath the northern margin of the plateau, anomalies in the asthenosphere have been described.
5. The weakness of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to move easily towards a subduction zone.
6. The geothermal structure in a subduction zone determines the melting rate of subduction slab and asthenosphere.
7. Several explanations have been proposed : a lower limit to the pliable asthenosphere, a phase transition,
8. This would suggest that the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere boundary underneath oceanic lithosphere also deepens with plate age.
9. The lithosphere essentially " floats " on the asthenosphere and is broken-up into ten major plates.
10. The calculated source depth of the lava is consistent with an origin at this depth in the asthenosphere.