The outer zone is the lowermost part of the lithosphere, which is composed of rigid rock and is about 50 to km 31 to 75 mi thick. In some places under the ocean, the mantle is actually exposed. There are also a few places on land where mantle rock has been pushed to the surface by tectonic activity, most notably the Tablelands region of Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, St. In terms of its constituent elements, the mantle is made up of These elements are all bound together in the form of silicate rocks, all of which take the form of oxides.
Examples of rocks that you might find inside the mantle include: olivine, pyroxenes, spinel, and garnet. Whereas hot material rises to the surface, cooler, heavier material sinks beneath. The lithosphere is divided into a number of plates that are continuously being created and consumed at their opposite plate boundaries.
Downward motion of material occurs in subduction zones, locations at convergent plate boundaries where one mantle layer moves under another. Accretion occurs as material is added to the growing edges of a plate, associated with seafloor spreading. This chaotic process is believed to be an integral part of the motion of plates, which in turn gives rise to continental drift.
Subducted oceanic crust is also what gives rise to volcanism, as demonstrated by the Pacific Ring of Fire. Scientific investigations and exploration of the mantle is generally conducted on the seabed due to the relative thickness of the oceanic crust compared to the continental crust.
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