Lehmann discontinuity

Lehmann discontinuity

The Lehmann discontinuity, named after seismologist Inge Lehmann, is the discontinuity in seismic velocity near a depth of 220 km, which is still debated. It appears beneath continents, but not usually beneath oceans, and does not readily appear in globally-averaged studies. Several explanations have been proposed; a lower limit to the pliable aesthenosphere, a phase change, and most plausibly, depth-variation in the shear wave anisotropy. The Lehmann discontinuity at one time referred to the inner core-outer core boundary, as Inge Lehmann discovered the inner core, but that usage is no longer current.

ee also

*Mohorovičić discontinuity
*Gutenberg Discontinuity

References

* [http://geology.about.com/library/weekly/aa031598.htm "From here to "hell," or the D" layer"] , About.com
* [http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/articles/bolt.html "Inge Lehmann"] , UCLA


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