lithosphere

/lith-uh-sfeer/US // ˈlɪθ əˌsfɪər //UK // (ˈlɪθəˌsfɪə) //

岩石圈,岩石层,岩浆,石墨层

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Geology.
- : the solid portion of the earth.
- : the crust and upper mantle of the earth.

As the pieces of lithosphere move apart, new seafloor continues to form between them, called “seafloor spreading.”
Above the metallic core of the planet, the lithosphere consists exclusively of fluorides of the metals.
By their action upon the lithosphere they have produced a third envelope,—the mantle of rock waste.
The dark, cold abysses of the ocean are far less affected by change than any other portion of the surface of the lithosphere.
All the tectonic movements of the solid nucleus produce changes in the mobile lithosphere.
These igneous rocks were consolidated either upon the surface of the lithosphere or in its interior.