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- noun Alternative spelling of
asthenosphere .
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They tend to be concentrated in narrow zones called plate tectonics tells us that the Earth's rigid outer shell (lithosphere) is broken into a mosaic of oceanic and continental plates which can slide over the plastic aesthenosphere, which is the uppermost layer of the mantle.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
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Indeed, the Alameda tunnel is the only place in the world where scientists can directly study the aesthenosphere, the boundary layer separating the earth’s crust from the hot mantle.
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