Assertion: lithosphere | /r/CapableOf | accommodate strain
Facets:
value: through plastic deformation
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The Lithosphere-Asthenosphere boundary is defined by a difference in response to stress: the lithosphere remains rigid for very long periods of geologic time in which it deforms elastically and through brittle failure, while the asthenosphere deforms viscously and accommodates strain through plastic deformation.