Assertion: asthenosphere | /r/HasProperty | plastic
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Being closer to the Earth's core, the asthenosphere is a higher temperature as compared to the lithosphere and hence its rocks are plastic and can flow.
text: The asthenosphere is a plastic layer; it flows when a gradual force is applied.
text: It is considered plastic because the rock has the ability to flow more than a rigid layer, but not as easily as a liquid layer.
text: The asthenosphere is sometimes referred to as the plastic zone because the rocks move about in more fluid way that mimics plastic.
text: Mantle – Split into the lithosphere (dense iron and nickel) and the asthenosphere (plastic and malleable iron and nickel).
text: The asthenosphere is a more "fluid" or "plastic" like part of the upper mantle immediately below the lithosphere (the cooler, more rigid uppermost part of the mantle and overlying crust).