Assertion: lithosphere | /r/HasProperty | rigid
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text: While lithosphere is hard and rigid, Asthenosphere is a layer made up of molten rocks.
text: It is a rigid layer consisting of the tectonic plates.
text: The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of the Earth required by plate tectonic theory.
text: In comparison to the hot, fluid asthenosphere below, the lithosphere is cool and rigid, and rather than one continuous “rind
text: One assumption behind plate tectonics is that the lithosphere is rigid, and indeed that is still a sound and useful assumption.
text: The lithosphere is rigid, and it includes the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.