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How do lithospheric mantle and asthenosphere differ from each other?

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The lithosphere is a outermost mechanical layer, it behaves as a brittle, rigid solid. The asthenosphere is a solid upper mantle material that is hot that it behaves plastically and can flow. The lithosphere rides on the asthenosphere.
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