asthenospheric
adjective geology specialized uk/ˌæs.θiː.nəˈsfer.ɪk/ us/ˌæs.θiː.nəˈsfɪr.ɪk/ /ˌæs.θiː.nəˈsfer.ɪk/
软流圈的
relating to or formed from the asthenosphere (= the thin, almost liquid, layer under the hard rock that forms the outer layer of the earth)
The dykes were derived from an asthenospheric source and are possibly of Silurian age.
basalt from asthenospheric mantle 来自地幔软流圈的玄武岩
Compare: lithospheric
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- The asthenospheric magma may interact with the overlying lithospheric mantle.
- The available data suggest that the source of these rocks was a fertile, garnet-bearing, asthenospheric mantle.
- The magmas have clearly remained in the upper mantle since the oceanic lithosphere was formed, and have not been displaced by asthenospheric flow since that time.
- These Quaternary volcanic rocks from Santorini are Cenozoic volcanic rocks with a significant asthenospheric component.