What probably causes continental lithosphere to become thinner and weaken?

The cause of  continental lithosphere to becoming thinner and weaken is the Rifting and Continental Breakup. I hope my answer has come to your help. God bless and have a nice day ahead! Feel free to ask more questions here in .

Answerthe energy required is 1.60 × 10⁻¹⁸ j, to three significant figures.explanationwe define electric potential as the ratio electric potential energy to the charge,    then the following gives us the potential difference,      the formula  may be on your formula sheet.the change in electric potential energy would be the energy that would needed to move it from point a to point b. solving for that, we get    using q = 8.00  × 10⁻¹⁹ c and  δv = 2.00 v, we get    the energy required is 1.60 × 10⁻¹⁸ j, to three significant figures.