Assertion: lithosphere's plate | /r/HasProperty | oceanic
Facets:
value: of two types
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Although tectonic plates may be oceanic or continental, the act of subduction (sliding under another plate) only happens to oceanic plates.
text: The tectonic plates are of two types: the oceanic plates, and the continental plates.
text: The reason for this is that oceanic plates, also known as the oceanic lithosphere, start out as thin and hot sections of earth.
text: The lithosphere, which includes the continental and oceanic plates, floats on the plastic-like asthenosphere.
text: The lithosphere, which includes the continental and oceanic plates, floats on the plastic-like asthenosphere.
text: Specifically, oceanic lithosphere (lithosphere underneath the oceanic plates) and subcontinental lithosphere, is defined as a mechanical boundary layer that heats via conduction and the asthenosphere is a convecting adiabatic layer.
text: The fastest-moving plates are the oceanic plates, with the Cocos Plate advancing at a rate of 75 mm/a (3.0 in/year) and the Pacific Plate moving 52–69 mm/a (2.0–2.7 in/year).