lithospheres in a sentence

Examples

1. These sectors were not thinned by rifting and are characterized by normal continental lithosphere.
2. The timing of the thrust deformation is opposite that of the relaxing of the lithosphere.
3. Collisions between tectonic plates and island arcs lead to loading and flexure of the lithosphere.
4. The lithosphere is only 30 km and there is a low seismic velocity asthenosphere below.
5. As delamination continues, more asthenosphere rises to replace the lower lithosphere as it sinks.
6. Negative buoyancy of the lower lithosphere drives delamination in both environments of collision and extension.
7. The thinned Ethiopian lithosphere could have resulted in ponding from mantle plume and subsequent uplift.
8. Various kinds of stresses are considered to be responsible for the deformation of the lithosphere.
9. During periods of inactivity, the lithosphere cools conductively and thickens to over 300 km.
10. The weight of the redistributed surface mass loaded the lithosphere, caused it to faults below.