Assertion: asthenosphere's temperature | /r/CapableOf | melt mantle rocks
Facets:
value: partially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: This temperature is more than hot enough to melt the mantle rocks, but the very high pressures keep them from turning to liquid.
text: Below the lithosphere, temperatures are hot enough to partially melt the mantle rocks, forming the asthenosphere – the primary source of magma that erupts from volcanoes on the surface.