GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The layer below the rigid lithosphere is a zone of asphalt-like consistancy called the Asthenosphere. The asthenosphere is the part of the mantle that flows and moves the plates of the Earth. The mantle is the layer located directly under the sima.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Asthenosphere is the relatively warm, plastic (possibly partially molten) portion of the upper Mantle that extends from as shallow as 10 km depth (at Mid-Ocean Ridges) to approximately 700 km.

Detailed explanation-3: -Earth has a layered structure that consists of the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. Much of the planet’s mantle consists of magma.

Detailed explanation-4: -Is the Earth’s mantle made of liquid magma? The Earth’s mantle, on which the crust is lying on, is not made of liquid magma. It is not even made of magma. The Earth’s mantle is mostly made of solid rock.

Detailed explanation-5: -Asthenosphere. The asthenosphere is the denser, weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle. It lies between about 100 kilometers (62 miles) and 410 kilometers (255 miles) beneath Earth’s surface. The temperature and pressure of the asthenosphere are so high that rocks soften and partly melt, becoming semi-molten.