lithosphere
Eggshell Planets Have a Thin Brittle Crust and No Mountains or Tectonics
Planets without plate tectonics are unlikely to be habitable. But currently, we've never seen the surface of an exoplanet to…
2 years ago
What Cracked the Earth’s Outer Shell and Started its Plate Tectonics?
Earth's lithosphere is made up of seven large tectonic plates and a number of smaller ones. The theory of plate…
4 years ago
How Do Volcanoes Erupt?
Volcanic eruptions are driven by a combination of mechanisms, which include pressure and heat in the Earth's mantle, as well…
8 years ago
What are the Earth’s Layers?
There is more to the Earth than what we can see on the surface. In fact, if you were able…
8 years ago
What Is Lithosphere
[/caption] Every rocky planet has a lithosphere, but what is lithosphere? It is the rigid outermost shell of a rocky…
14 years ago
Continental Crust
The crust is the top layer of the Earth's Surface. Did you know that there are 2 types, though? One…
15 years ago