EES 1050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Giant Planet, Continental Crust, Oceanic Crust
4 Dec 2018
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Asthenosphere the part of the mantle that lies just below the lithosphere; it behaves plastically and flows slowly. Earth"s outermost layer; the upper part of the lithosphere that is separated from the mantle by the. Moho; divided into continental and oceanic crust fossil remains or traces of prehistoric organisms preserved in rocks geologic time scale. A chart that subdivides geologic time into a hierarchy of increasingly shorter time intervals, each of which has a specific name and duration geology. The study of earth, as well as the planets and moons in our solar system. These planets are large and have relatively low densities; they are composed of lightweight gases, such as hydrogen and helium, and frozen compounds, such as ammonia and methane lithosphere. Earth"s outer, rigid part, consisting of the upper mantle, oceanic crust, and continental crust mantle the thick layer between earth"s crust and core metamorphic rock.
