If the asthenosphere cooled and stopped flowing. How would you expect the movement of tectonic plates in the lithosphere to chan

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If the asthenosphere cooled and stopped flowing. How would you expect the movement of tectonic plates in the lithosphere to chan

ge? The tectonic plates would _________?

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Sidana [21] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-18T18:09:27+03:00

If the asthenosphere cooled and stopped flowing. The movement of tectonic plates in the lithosphere changes. The tectonic plateswould move <span> less than 2 cm a year.
> </span>The asthenosphere<span> is the highly viscous, mechanically weak and ductilely deforming region of the upper mantle of the Earth.</span>