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What is Asthenenosphere?

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the upper layer of the earth’s mantle, its below the lithosphere. there is a relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection happens there
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Asthenosphere is the upper layer of the earths mantle, it is below the lithosphere I believe. Correct me if I’m wrong I just vaguely remember from earth science
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