Ocean basins 3
Ocean basins 3
Ocean basins 3
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Continental and oceanic lithosphere• The lithosphere (rock sphere) issolid and includes the crust andthe uppermost rigid mantle• The asthenosphere (fluid sphere)is the underneath the lithosphereand consists of the convectingmantle• Plates of lithosphere float on topof the asthenosphere3