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The 54 pages that link to Lithosphere, each with the reason it gives.

• Pacific PlateNarrower topic: The Pacific Plate is a moving section of this outer shell.

• IsostasyNarrower topic: Its strength determines whether loads are balanced locally or spread across broad regions.

• Eurasian PlateNarrower topic: The Eurasian Plate is a moving section of this rigid outer shell.

• OrogenyNarrower topic: Orogeny deforms this outer shell, especially its continental portions.

• North American PlateNarrower topic: The North American Plate is one moving section of this outer shell.

• Glacial isostatic adjustmentNarrower topic: Its strength spreads ice-sheet loads across broad regions rather than beneath each point alone.

• African PlateNarrower topic: The African Plate is a moving section of this outer shell.

• Caribbean PlateNarrower topic: The Caribbean Plate is a segment of this rigid outer shell.

• Indian PlateNarrower topic: The Indian Plate is a portion of lithosphere moving over the deeper mantle.

• Rift valleyNarrower topic: Rifting stretches and thins this outer shell.

• Convergent boundaryNarrower topic: The plates that meet at this boundary are pieces of the lithosphere.

• Island arcNarrower topic: Its moving plates create the convergent boundaries on which island arcs form.

• Mohorovičić discontinuityNarrower topic: The Moho lies inside the lithosphere, rather than defining its lower edge.

• Tectonic plateNarrower topic: A tectonic plate is a moving piece of lithosphere.

• Australian PlateNarrower topic: The plate is a mobile section of this rigid outer layer.

• South American PlateNarrower topic: The plate is a moving section of this rigid outer shell.

• Large igneous provinceNarrower topic: The thickness and structure of the lithosphere influence where province-forming melts accumulate or erupt.

• Afar DepressionNarrower topic: Its stretching and thinning create the subsiding floor beneath Afar.

• Passive marginNarrower topic: Its deformation and cooling govern margin formation and long-term subsidence.

• Yellowstone hotspotNarrower topic: The thickness and structure of the lithosphere shape how a mantle heat source affects the surface.

• Baikal Rift ZoneNarrower topic: The rift’s evolution involves deformation of the continental lithosphere.

• Earth's crustNarrower topic: The crust is part of this larger rigid shell, not a tectonic plate by itself.

• Slab rollbackNarrower topic: The overriding and subducting plates are parts of this outer shell.

• Tectonic subsidenceNarrower topic: Its strength and thickness govern how tectonic forces deform and lower the surface.

• Somali PlateNarrower topic: The Somali Plate consists of lithosphere that is being stretched at its continental boundary.

• West Antarctic Rift SystemNarrower topic: The system formed through deformation of this outer shell.

• Intraplate earthquakeNarrower topic: Intraplate earthquakes occur wherever stresses exceed the lithosphere's strength away from edges.

• Mountain formationNarrower topic: Mountain-building deformation acts on this shell and its moving plates.

• Seafloor spreading hypothesisNarrower topic: The rigid layer that spreading actually moves; asthenosphere flows beneath it.

• Amur PlateNarrower topic: The Amur Plate is a portion of this shell moving as a tectonic unit.