31. The ridge orientations around the patera could provide information on the regional lithosphere . 32. Earth's lithosphere is divided into several rigid mantle that drives plate tectonics. 33. This vertical stress is supported by the mantle and the flexure of the lithosphere . 34. This fresh magma will eventually become new lithosphere . 35. The crust and the relatively rigid peridotite below it make up the oceanic lithosphere . 36. Sediment fill within the foredeep acts as an additional load on the continental lithosphere . 37. Later work pointed to tectonic uplift, caused by reheating within the lower lithosphere . 38. Where the thickness of the crust and lithosphere varies, equilibrium must be reached. 39. The passive rift model infers that slab pull stretches the lithosphere and thins it. 40. The Troodos Ophiolite is exceptional for the completeness of the section of oceanic lithosphere .
