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lehmann discontinuity  

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  • http://www.irandoc.ac.ir/onto/irandoc-meta/Concept

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Definitions

  • Boundary between Asthenosphere and Lithosphere. It is the discontinuity in seismic velocity near a depth of 220 km. It appears beneath continents, but not usually beneath oceans, and does not readily appear in globally-averaged studies [Wikipedia]

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