different between lithosphere vs cryosphere

English

Etymology

From litho- +? -sphere.

Noun

lithosphere (plural lithospheres)

1. (geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates.
   • 2001, Neville Price, Major Impacts and Plate Tectonics: A Model for the Phanerozoic Evolution of the Earth's Lithosphere, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 28,

     Then we indicate some of the more pertinent characteristics of oceanic and continental lithospheres.

   • 2002, Donald L. Turcotte, Gerald Schubert, Geodynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition, page 121,

     When applying Equation (3-74) to determine the downward deflection of the earth's lithosphere due to an applied load, we must be careful to include in q(x) the hydrostatic restoring force caused by the effective replacement of mantle rocks in a vertical column by material of smaller density.

   • 2004, Simon M. Peacock, 20: Insight into the hydrogeology and alteration of oceanic lithosphere based on subduction zones and arc vulcanism, Earl E. Davis, Harry Elderfield (editors), Hydrogeology of the Oceanic Lithosphere, Cambridge University Press, page 665,

     Active serpentine mud volcanoes observed in the Mariana fore-arc provide dramatic evidence for hydration of the shallow mantle wedge by H₂O fluids derived from the subducting lithosphere (Fryer. 1996: Fryer et al., 1999).

Coordinate terms

• atmosphere
• hydrosphere
• biosphere

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• atmosphere
• hydrosphere

Anagrams

• heterophils

English

Etymology

cryo- +? -sphere

Noun

cryosphere (plural cryospheres)

1. All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.

   Meronyms: glacier, ice cap, ice sheet, permafrost, sea ice, snow

   Coordinate terms: hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere

   • 2009, Olav Slaymaker, Richard Kelly, The Cryosphere and Global Environmental Change, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN), preface:

     This book attempts to deal integratively with all elements of the cryosphere in the context of a changing global environment. Not only is that global environment changing with respect to climate, but the accelerating pressures on the environment from anthropogenic activity are complicating our understanding of cryospheric change.

Derived terms

• cryohemisphere
• cryospheric
• cryospherically

Further reading

• cryosphere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia