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Lavely et al. 1986
Lavely, E.M., Forsyth, D.W. and Friedemann, P. (1986). Scales of heterogeneity near the core-mantle-boundary. Geophysical Research Letters 13: doi: 10.1029/GL013i013p01505. issn: 0094-8276.

We have mapped shear velocity variations near the base of the mantle with ScS-S differential travel times. Beneath the North Atlantic, there is a systematic variation in velocity over a distance of 1500 km or more, with a pronounced low velocity anomaly centered roughly beneath Madeira island. Beneath the northern Indian Ocean, there is no similar long-wavelength anomaly. The average ScS-S residual beneath the Indian Ocean is 3.6¿0.7 s more negative than the Atlantic residual, indicating faster average velocities near the base of the mantle.

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