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Definition of Asthenospheric
1. Adjective. (geology) Of, pertaining to, or arising from the asthenosphere, the soft area of the upper mantle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asthenospheric
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asthenospheric
Literary usage of Asthenospheric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The problem is the nature of the asthenospheric flow which causes the 3-km ...
Either there is an insufficient supply of asthenospheric material in the flow ..."
2. Proceedings of Conference LXII, 8th Joint Meeting of the U. S. Japan by R. L. Wesson (1995)
"... km for the lithospheric thickness, 200km for the asthenospheric thickness and 5
... poise for the asthenospheric viscosity. Then the irregularity of the ..."
3. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"The calculated magnitude of the melting implies that the La Olivina mantle was
asthenospheric at the time. Increased buoyancy of the newly depleted ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"There is a surface layer for orogenic purposes, a deeper plastic (asthenospheric)
layer to facilitate flow- age, a deeper layer for ..."
5. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"This type is presumably associated with pronounced freeing of energy and local
fusion of the upper mantle, resulting in the formation of an asthenospheric ..."
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