Lithospheric mantle

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Earth cutaway from core to crust, the lithosphere comprising the crust and lithospheric mantle (detail not to scale) Earth cutaway schematic-en.svg
Earth cutaway from core to crust, the lithosphere comprising the crust and lithospheric mantle (detail not to scale)

The lithospheric mantle is the portion of the lithosphere within the mantle, as opposed to the crust. It is solid, and is the uppermost part of the mantle.

The lithospheric mantle is subdivided into the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (associated with the continental lithosphere) [1] and oceanic lithospheric mantle (associated with the oceanic lithosphere). [2]

References

  1. ↑ Pearson, D. G.; Nowell, G. M. (16 September 2002). Davies, J. H.; Brodholt, J. P.; Wood, B. J. (eds.). "The Continental Lithospheric Mantle: Characteristics and Significance as a mantle Reservoir" . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society . 360 (1800). The Royal Society: 2383–2710. Bibcode:2002RSPTA.360.2383P. doi:10.1098/rsta.2002.1074. ISSN   1364-503X. JSTOR   3558903. PMID   12460473. S2CID   2790806 . Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Yuan, Chao; Sun, Min; Xu, Yigang; Zhao, Guochun; Xiao, Wenjiao; Long, Xiaoping; Yin, Jiyuan (15 June 2011). "Oceanic lithospheric mantle beneath the continental crust of the Chinese Altai" . Journal of the Geological Society . 168 (4). Geological Society of London: 995–1000. Bibcode:2011JGSoc.168..995Y. doi:10.1144/0016-76492010-058. ISSN   0016-7649. S2CID   140733344 . Retrieved 11 August 2019.


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