The brittle outer layer of the Earth that includes the crust and uppermost mantle. It is made up of six major and several minor tectonic plates that move around on the softer asthenosphere. The lithos [..]

In hydrologic terms, that part of the earth which is composed predominantly of rocks (either coherent or incoherent, and including the disintegrated rock materials known as soils and subsoils), togeth [..]

the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle

The rigid outer shell of the Earth. It includes the crust and uppermost mantle and is on the order of 100 km in thickness.

"crust of the earth, solid part of the earth's surface," 1881, from or modeled on German Lithosphäre (1870s); see litho- "stone" + sphere.

outer, solid portion of the Earth. Also called the geosphere. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

The lithosphere is the outer solid part of the earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle. The lithosphere is about 100 km thick, although its thickness is age dependent (older lithosphere is thi [..]

The solid part of a planet's surface, composed of the crust and upper mantle. On Earth, it includes the continents and the sea floor.

The Lithosphere is the outer rock shell of the planet, extending down several kilometres into the earth from the surface - the rocks and sediments well below the surface of the land and oceans.

The solid part of a planet’s surface, composed of the crust and upper mantle. On Earth, it includes the continents and the sea floor.

the crust and upper mantle. Either solid or highly viscous, this layer is not easily deformed or manipulated.

The crust and the top part of the mantle that covers the earth's surface. It is broken into separate lithospheric plates. litter

The rigid top layer of the Earth where the crust and upper mantle are joined. The average thickness of the lithosphere is 100 kilometres.

a strong layer of the Earth, about 100 km in thickness, consisting of the Earth's crust and a portion of the underlying upper mantle. This layer lies on top of the weaker asthenosphere.

(Gk: lithos = stone) the crust of Earth, inside which is the mantle and the core.

(n) - the upper layer of the Earth called the crust made of rock

the outer, rigid shell of the Earth, situated above the asthenosphere and containing the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, the continents, and the plates of the Earth.

The outermost solid portion of the Earth, which includes the crust and part of the upper mantle.

The Earth's hard, outermost shell. It comprises the crust and the upper part of the mantle. It is divided into 16 major slabs, or plates.

the outer shell of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle [lithospheric]

The upper layer of the solid Earth, both continental and oceanic, which comprises all crustal rocks and the cold, mainly elastic part of the uppermost mantle. Volcanic activity, although part of the l [..]

Layer of Earth formed by the crust and the upper mantle (Lesson 26)

the rigid top layer of the earth that includes the crust (see tectonic plate) and the upper mantle. See asthenosphere.

outer layer of Earth that may bend under the weight of a shield volcano

Outer rigid shell of Earth comprising the crust and upper mantle. Its base is at a depth of 2-3km under ocean ridges, increasing upto 180km beneath old oceanic crust. Beneath cratonic areas it is at l [..]

(n.) The layer in the earth, moon, and terrestrial planets that includes the crust and the outer part of the mantle.

The outer layer of solid rock that includes the crust

The component of the Earth's surface comprising the rock, soil, and sediments. It is a relatively passive component of the climate system, and its physical character- istics are treated as fixed elements in the determination of climate.

The lithosphere is the outermost part of the solid Earth. It includes the Earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle. See sections 1.1 and 2.3.4.

The Earth’s crust and upper mantle.

The outer cool, rigid and brittle layer of the Earth. It comprises the crust (oceanic or continental) and part of the upper mantle. The base of the lithosphere is marked by a temperature of 1300o

the solid Earth (rock materials on the surface and in Earth's interior layers) and soil. See geosphere.

The outer part of the solid earth, composed of rock, and considered to be about 50 miles in thickness. low-gain

The outer layers of the earths crust and mantle.

The component of the Earth's surface comprising the rock, soil, and sediments. It is a relatively passive component of the climate system, and its physical characteristics are treated as fixed el [..]

The solid rock shell of the Earth.

Layer in a planetary body consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

the outer solid portion of the planet earth, made up of the earth's crust and upper mantle. All the rock on earth.

That part of the earth which is composed predominantly of rocks (either coherent or incoherent, and including the disintegrated rock materials known as soils and subsoils), together with everything in this rocky crust.

The outer, rigid shell of the Earth, situated above the asthenosphere and containing the crust, continents and plates. [Atmospheric Change: An Earth System Perspective, T.E. Graedel and Paul J. Crutze [..]

In hydrologic terms, that part of the earth which is composed predominantly of rocks (either coherent or incoherent, and including the disintegrated rock materials known as soils and subsoils), together with everything in this rocky crust.

The solid part of a planet's surface, composed of the crust and upper mantle. On Earth, it includes the continents and the sea floor.

The outer layer of the Earth, made of solid rock, which includes the crust and uppermost mantle up to 100 km thick

the solid outermost shell of a rocky planet.

he uninhabited and, under normal conditions, solid materials of the Earth"s crust.

The solid, outer portion of the earth's crust coupled to the rigid upper mantle. Part of the geosphere.

The solid, outer portion of the earth's crust coupled to the rigid upper mantle. Part of the geosphere.

The solid, outer portion of the earth's crust coupled to the rigid upper mantle. Part of the geosphere

In hydrologic terms, that part of the earth which is composed predominantly of rocks (either coherent or incoherent, and including the disintegrated rock materials known as soils and subsoils), togeth [..]

The solid, outer portion of the earth’s crust coupled to the rigid upper mantle. Part of the geosphere.

(geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates

The solid outer layer of the Earth, made up of crust and solid mantle.

An approximately 80-km thick region of rigid, relatively light rocks that surround Earth�s plastic mantle.