Lamina tectonica in duobus generibus lithosphaerae consistunt: continentali crassiore et oceanico tenuiore. Pars superior crusta appellatur, iterum duorum generum (continentalis et oceanici). Hoc significat quamlibet laminam in uno vel ambobus generibus consistere posse. Una ex rebus magni momenti quas doctrina proponit est quantitatem superficiei laminarum (continentalium et oceanicam) quae in amiculo secundum fines convergentes subductione evanescit esse prope in aequilibritate cum novo crusto (oceanico) quod secundum margines divergentes expansione fundi abyssi formatur; hoc aliquando principium cinguli portantis appellatur. Tota orbis terrarum superficies sic eadem permanet. Discrepat haec doctrina a doctrinis quae antequam paradigma (ut aliquando appellatur) tectonicae laminarum facta est principale scientiae exemplar suadebantur—doctrinis quae lentam globi contractionem vel expansionem proponebant et iam in scientia ut exemplaria alterna exstant.[5]
Lamina tectonica moveri possunt quia lithosphaera Telluris maiores habet vires et minus densitatem quam asthenosphaera. Laterales densitatis variationes in mantelloconvectionem mantelli generant. Eorum motus agi putatur per mixturam motus imi maris a iugo pandente (ob variationes topographicas et densitatem crusti quae discrepantias virium gravitationis generant) et tractionis, atque suctus desuper, apud zonas subductionis. Alia explanatio vehementius dicit varias vires quae ambitus globi et vires Solis et Lunae ad aestum pertinentes generant. Momentum harum rerum est incertum, et iam disceptatur.
Principia maximi momenti
Externa telluris strata in lithosphaeram et asthenosphaeram digeruntur; quae divisio in variationibus proprietatum mechanicarum et in rationetranslationis caloris conditur. Lithosphaera frigidior et rigidior, atque asthenosphaera calidior est, faciliusque fluit. Per translationem caloris, lithosphaera calorem conductione amittit, sed asthenosphaera calorem convectione etiam amittit, et gradus temperaturae paene adiabaticos habet. Quae distinctio non confundenda est cum chemica (ut dicitur) subdivisione eorundam stratorum in mantello (asthenosphaeram et mantellum lithosphaerae comprehendente) et crusta: data mantelli pars variis temporibus pars lithosphaereae vel asthenosphaerae esse potest, in temperatura et pressura posita.
Laminae
Maiores laminae
Variae definitiones usitate habent maiores laminas esse septem aut octo:
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