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What type of material is found in the asthenosphere? question 10 options: a) a viscoelastic fluid of molten rock b) solid rock c) a mixture of magma and superheated water d) an incompressible fluid of molten rock

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Answer: A viscoelastic fluid of molten rock is the type of material found in the asthenosphere.

Explanation: Being right under the lithosphere and a part of the upper mantle where the heat is neither too strong to melt a rock completely, nor too weak to let it stay a rock, it turns to this viscoelastic state of peridotite.

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