Submitted by _whydah_ t3_10phvgl in askscience
CrustalTrudger t1_j6mx7hi wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How viscous is the magma in the mantle? by _whydah_
This is actually kind of a misleading "clarification" though. Pitch is a useful example, i.e., a viscoelastic solid that will deform on long time-scales under its own weight. At room temperature and timescales sufficiently short (i.e., less than a few years), pitch would meet the simple definitions of a "solid", but observed on long enough time scales, it can be observed to flow.
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