What are the characteristics of the mantle?

It is mostly solid rock, but less viscous at tectonic plate boundaries and mantle plumesMantle rocks there are soft and able to move plastically (over the course of millions of years) at great depth and pressure. The transfer of heat and material in the mantle helps determine the landscape of Earth.

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