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The Gutenberg Discontinuity: Melt at the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary
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The Thin Melt Line: Pronounced and persistent variations in the speed of seismic waves as they travel through Earth's interior imply the presence of a physical or chemical boundary layer. Near the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary, these seismic discontinuities are often patchy and their origins are disputed. By analyzing a set of short-period seismic waves across the Pacific Ocean, Schmerr (p. 1480 ; see the Perspective by Kawakatsu ) relates the intermittency of this seismic discontinuity to a layer of partial melt below the oceanic lithosphere. The melt may arise from a number of geodynamic processes, including upwellings from the mantle at hot spots like Hawaii, or small-scale thermal convection in the mantle.
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- Authors
- Schmerr, N.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2012-03-23
- Volume
- 335
- Issue
- 6075
- Pages
- 1480-1483
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2012960535
- Cited by
- 258
- References
- 48
- FWCI
- 41.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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