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Lower Mantle Structure

Lower Mantle Structure is a geophysical construct that denotes the spatially organized distribution of seismic wave-speed variations and discontinuities within the Earth's lower mantle, distinguished from other mantle stratifications by its depth extent (660–2900 km), mineralogical phase transitions, and thermochemical heterogeneity influencing whole-mantle convection dynamics.

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Convection Plumes in the Lower Mantle

W. Jason Morgan · Nature · 1971 · 2.5K citations

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High‐resolution mantle tomography of China and surrounding regions

Jinli Huang, Dapeng Zhao · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2006 · 1.3K citations

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Three distinct types of hotspots in the Earth’s mantle

Vincent Courtillot, Anne Davaille, Jean Besse et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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Lower mantle heterogeneity, dynamic topography and the geoid

Bradford H. Hager, Robert W. Clayton, Mark A. Richards et al. · Nature · 1985 · 842 citations · Full text

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Global seismic tomography: A snapshot of convection in the earth

S. P. Grand, R. D. van der Hilst, Sri Widiyantoro · 1997 · 805 citations

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    Vitali B. Prakapenka

    University of Chicago, United States

    31 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. EJ
    Edward J. Garnero

    Arizona State University, United States

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    Catherine McCammon

    University of Bayreuth, Germany

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    Yasuo Ohishi

    Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Japan

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    Kei Hirose

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

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  1. Carnegie Institution for Science

    Washington, United States

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  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

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  3. University of Bayreuth

    Bayreuth, Germany

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  4. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    38 h-index

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  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    188 publications

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  6. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

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    98 publications

    6.9K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

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    Tokyo, Japan

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 141 publications · 13.6K citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

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  4. Nature

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  5. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

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