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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the definition for lithosphere

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@brownzacharia Lithosphere is the rigid, outermost layer of Earth, about 100 km thick and including the crust and part of the mantle.

OpenStudy (dean.shyy):

This may help: http://is.gd/npF2Hc

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It is the putermost shell of a rocky planet. On Earth, it comprises the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of thousands of years or greater.

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