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The paper presents the results of geological-geophysical research carried out during the Soviet-Japanese cooperative study of the structure and dynamics of the Earth's crust and upper mantle in the transition zone from the Pacific Ocean to the Asian continent. The 300 km deep geological-geophysical section of the tectonosphere (geotraverse) has been compiled on the basis of combined interpretations of seismic, geological, petrographic, gravimetric, magnetometric, electromagnetic and heat flow measurements. Estimates were made of deep temperatures along the geotraverse and of the depths of the partial melting level that can be identified with the upper boundary of the asthenosphere.
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Rodnikov, A.G., Gainanov, A.G., Yermakov, B.V. et al. Geotraverse across the Sikhote Alin — The Sea of Japan — The Honshu Island — The Pacific. Mar Geophys Res 7, 379–387 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00316775
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