Oceanic lithosphere consists mainly of mafic crust and ultramafic mantle (peridotite) and is denser than continental lithosphere, for which the mantle is associated with crust made of felsic rocks. Oceanic lithosphere thickens as it ages and moves away from the mid-ocean ridge. This thickening occurs by conductive cooling, which converts hot asthenosphere into lithospheric mantle and causes the oceanic lithosphere to become increasingly thick and dense with age. In fact, oceanic lithosphere is a thermal boundary layer for the convection[9] in the mantle. The thickness of the mantle part of the oceanic lithosphere can be approximated as a thermal boundary layer that thickens as the square root of time.
The nurse considers that a 70-year-old female client can best limit further progression of osteoporosis by taking supplement which contains vitamin D and calcium. Osteoporosis is a bone condition where one develops a fragile bone that is very susceptible to fracture. Causes for this condition can be genetics, lack of physical activity, insufficient amount vitamin D and calcium in the body, smoking and many other. This condition does not have any symptoms with it until fractures in the bones happen. One way to prevent or decrease the chances of developing it to serious cases is to supply your body the right nutrients and vitamins.
A) 5
Half-life is the time it will take for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value. In this case, uranium will undergo radioactive decay, and after 700 mil years, 5 of the 10 uranium atoms will have decayed.
