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We present evidence from seismic travel time data of lateral variations in the properties of the lower mantle. The size of some anomalies is about 1,000 km.
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JULIAN, B., SENGUPTA, M. Seismic Travel Time Evidence for Lateral Inhomogeneity in the Deep Mantle. Nature 242, 443–447 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242443a0
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