English-Chinese/Lithosphere

Earth cutaway

The tectonic plates of the lithosphere.

The lithosphere is the solid shell of the planet Earth. That means the crust, plus the part of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on long time scales.

岩石圈 是 地球的 固体壳。这 意味着 地壳，加上 长远上 表现出 弹性的 上部地幔的 部分。