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The temperature underneath the orogen is much higher and weakens the lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

It aims to understand the physical problems and the issues of lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, pedosphere, and global flora and fauna patterns (biosphere). en.wikipedia.org

Subsidence follows bulge movement and uplift, and is produced on the cratonic side of the orogen due to regional isostatic adjustment to the load by the lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

During periods of inactivity, the lithosphere cools conductively and thickens to over 300 km. en.wikipedia.org

The pedosphere lies below the vegetative cover of the biosphere and above the hydrosphere and lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

In addition, mantle plumes may heat the lithosphere and cause prodigious igneous activity. en.wikipedia.org

The mantle plume hypothesis predicts that domal topographic uplifts will develop when plume heads impinge on the base of the lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

This thin lithosphere may preferentially fail along gently dipping thrust surface if a compressional stress is applied to the region. en.wikipedia.org

They occur almost exclusively at oceanic-continental convergent boundaries in association with subducted oceanic lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

The temperature underneath the orogen is much higher and thus greatly weakens the lithosphere. en.wikipedia.org

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