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The layer of plastic rock that underlies the tectonic plates is called what? ​

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Below the lithosphere within the upper portion of the mantle is a plastic layer of rock called the asthenosphere. According to the theory of plate tectonics, the plates are driven by convection cells located within the plastic asthenosphere.

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Asthenosphere

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