Answer: "the Earth's mantle" .
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The asthenosphere "floats" on the "mantle" [of the interior] Earth.
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Mercosur try to improve trade in South America by expanding trade, improve transportation, and reduce tariffs among member countries.</span>
Local shear failure occurs when the shear stresses parallel to the grain, i.e. shear stresses acting in the longitudinal-tangential (LT) or longitudinal-radial (LR) planes, exceed the shear strength of the beam. The shear strength of a wood member is difficult to quantify.
