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Aleksandr [31]
3 years ago
10

Does the asthenosphere break?

Geography
2 answers:
KiRa [710]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

yes the asthenosphere can break

Naily [24]3 years ago
7 0

Answer: it is broken into giant plates

The upper part of the asthenosphere is believed to be the zone upon which the great rigid and brittle lithospheric plates of the Earth's crust move about. Above the asthenosphere, at the same rate of deformation, rock behaves elastically and, being brittle, can break, causing faults.

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