Concept in Definition ABC

The lithosphere is the outermost layer of our planet earth and is made up of the crust and part of the mantle, it is solid and rigid and the most superficial that exists.
So, as it is the outermost part, we can make contact precisely with its outer side, since for example it makes up the continents and islands.

Now, this layer appears fragmented into tectonic plates, as that portion of the lithosphere is called precisely that is characterized by the movements that are generated in it. That movement It should be noted that it occurs in block type without any deformation.

It is worth noting that it is on the edges of these tectonic plates that very common phenomena of our planet converge and that usually trigger, of According to their virulence, complex situations with loss of human life, serious injuries and severe material damage, such is the case of: volcanism, the volcanoes that present activity and magma emerges that can appear in the form of lava, ash or gas.

On the other hand, the earthquakes, which are the strong and certainly fleeting shaking of the earth's crust. The release of Energy that accumulated in a seismic waveform is what generates the earthquake or earthquake. Among the most common causes we find geological faults, volcanic processes or some action of man such as the detonation of nuclear elements under the earth.

And finally the orogenesisis another phenomenon that houses the lithosphere and that consists of the shortening of the crust of the earth and after that it folds into an area elongated by the thrust, precisely generating a fold mountainous.

In the present and thanks to the advances of the technology is that special devices have been developed that allow a detailed study of what happens in the layers of the planet and as a consequence the prediction of some of the indicated phenomena, or for now, his greater knowledge.