Wondering how to use Asthenosphere in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as layer.
Asthenosphere in a sentence
Asthenosphere meaning
A portion of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere.
Synonyms of Asthenosphere
Using Asthenosphere
- The main meaning on this page is: A portion of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere.
- Useful related words include: layer.
- In the example corpus, asthenosphere often appears in combinations such as: the asthenosphere.
Context around Asthenosphere
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Asthenosphere
- In this selection, "asthenosphere" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, underlying, hot, allows and bottom stand out and add context to how "asthenosphere" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include into the asthenosphere and of hot asthenosphere bottom subduction. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "asthenosphere" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with asthenosphere
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Top: delamination by intrusion of hot asthenosphere ; Bottom: Subduction of ocean crust. (12 words)
Mechanically, the lithosphere is cooler and more rigid, while the asthenosphere is hotter and flows more easily. (17 words)
A third type of basin exists along convergent plate boundaries - places where one tectonic plate moves under another into the asthenosphere. (21 words)
The greater density of old lithosphere relative to the underlying asthenosphere allows it to sink into the deep mantle at subduction zones, providing most of the driving force for plate movement. (31 words)
A third type of basin exists along convergent plate boundaries - places where one tectonic plate moves under another into the asthenosphere. (21 words)
Mechanically, the lithosphere is cooler and more rigid, while the asthenosphere is hotter and flows more easily. (17 words)
Example sentences (4)
A third type of basin exists along convergent plate boundaries - places where one tectonic plate moves under another into the asthenosphere.
Mechanically, the lithosphere is cooler and more rigid, while the asthenosphere is hotter and flows more easily.
The greater density of old lithosphere relative to the underlying asthenosphere allows it to sink into the deep mantle at subduction zones, providing most of the driving force for plate movement.
Top: delamination by intrusion of hot asthenosphere ; Bottom: Subduction of ocean crust.
Common combinations with asthenosphere
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: