Abstract

Above the 410-km discontinuity in the upper mantle, an intermittent layer characterized by low seismic-wave velocities is thought to represent partial melting in areas of subduction or mantle-plume activity. Seismic data now show that the low-velocity layer extends globally with no affinity to a particular tectonic environment.

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