Multiple seismic reflectors in Earth's lowermost mantle

The modern view of Earth's lowermost mantle considers a D" region of enhanced (seismologically inferred) heterogeneity bounded by the core-mantle boundary and an interface some 150-300 km above it, with the latter often attributed to the postperovskite phase transition (in MgSiO[subscript...

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Main Authors: Shang, Xuefeng (Contributor), van der Hilst, Robert D. (Contributor), Shim, Sang-Heon (Author), de Hoop, Maarten (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2014-09-24T19:48:35Z.
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