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lithospheric
lithospheric adj.
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lithospheric1970
1970 Nature 5 Sept. 1016/1 At ridge crests the lithospheric plates are thinned by the elevation of the geotherms as a result of mantle upwelling and emplacement.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xi. 153 (caption) Biospheric, lithospheric and atmospheric evolution on the primitive Earth.
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