*the lithosphere*

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*from ‘ancient greek’*

λίθος 
[lithos]
(meaning ‘rocky’)

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σφαίρα 
[sphaira]
(meaning ‘sphere’)

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*a litho-sphere  is the ‘rigid outer-most shell’ of a ‘terrestrial-type planet’ or ‘natural satellite’, that is defined by its rigid mechanical properties*

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(on ‘earth’, it is composed of the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of thousands of years or greater)

(the outermost shell of a ‘rocky planet’ (the ‘crust’) is defined on the basis of its ‘chemistry’ + ‘mineralogy’)

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(the study of ‘past’ + ‘current’ formations of ‘landscapes’ is called ‘geo-morphology’)

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