The mantle is divided into an upper and lower mantle. The mantle is much denser than crust material, and exists in a very dense molten soup that is compressed nearly solid by the intense pressure, similar to flowing stone that is also solid. There are convection currents that flow in this mixture that help move tectonic plates, and hotspots in the mantle that form calderas such as Yellowstone, which appear to move across the plate. In reality these hotspots are stationary, and the plate slides across the top, moving the caldera slowly across the plate.
In the mantle, look for high amounts of mafic rock. In general, however, the local mineral distribution depends on where you are at. Near a subduction zone, there will be more felsic material, but at a divergent plate boundary, you will find very heavy mafic minerals.
The Encyclopedia Britannica says mantle
That part of the Earth that lies beneath the crust and above the central core. On average, the mantle begins about 22 mi (35 km) below the surface and ends at a depth of about 1,800 mi (2,900 km). Predominant in the rock material are olivines,pyroxenes, and the silicate perovskite, a dense form of enstatite.
The mantle is made of incredibly hot rock, kept solid by immense lithospheric pressures.
the mantle of the earth is made of molten rock that sometimes pushes through the crust to form volcanoes. ha im smarter than you know
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No. The Earth's mantle is a ductile solid.
The asthenosphere is made of soft rock and bends like plastic in the mantle.
it is made out of the outer mantle and the crust.
yes
It is made of iron and nickel.
The Asthenospheric mantle and the Inner mantle are made up of solid rock and liquid rock.
the mantle is made of hot lava with rocks and pee
god made the mantle
The upper mantle is made of something called peridodite.
The upper mantle is made of something called peridodite.
its three layers of the mantle and the middle mantle is were the asthenoshpere is located also through the mantle there are convection currents
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The mantle is mainly made out of solid rock. :)
The mantle is made of ultramafic igneous rock.
The lithosphere is made up of the crust and upper mantle.
The mantel made of partially molten rock which is commonly known as magma. The top layer of the mantle is usually hard.
No. The Earth's mantle is a ductile solid.