lithosphere

n.

岩石圈，陆界；

1. Scientists call this layer of crust and upper mantle the lithosphere.
   科学家称这层地壳和上部地幔为岩石圈。
2. The hydrosphere and the lithosphere together form the Earth's surface.
   水圈与岩石圈一起形成地球的表面。
3. Below the lithosphere is the rheosphere comprising partly fused peridotite.
   岩石圈之下是由部分熔融的橄榄岩所组成的软流圈。

Strength of the lithosphere: Constraints imposed by laboratory experiments
Phanerozoic Evolution of the Lithosphere Beneath the Sino‐Korean Craton
The Volume and Composition of Melt Generated by Extension of the Lithosphere
Derivation of some modern arc magmas by melting of young subducted lithosphere
First‐ and second‐order patterns of stress in the lithosphere: The World Stress Map Project
Drivation of some modern arc magmas by melting of young subducted lithosphere. Nature
Origin of Late Mesozoic igneous rocks in Southeastern China: Implications for lithosphere subduction and underplating of mafic magmas
Water in the oceanic upper mantle: implications for rheology, melt extraction and the evolution of the lithosphere
Extension in the Tyrrhenian Sea and shortening in the Apennines as result of arc migration driven by sinking of the lithosphere
Post-collision, Shoshonitic Volcanism on the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for Convective Thinning of the Lithosphere and the Source...