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Vidale et al. 1995
Vidale, J.E., Ding, X. and Grand, S.P. (1995). The 410-km-depth discontinuity: A sharpness estimate from near-critical reflections. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/95GL02663. issn: 0094-8276.

The abrupt increase in seismic velocity and density about 410 km below the surface of the Earth occurs at the depth where a phase change in olivine is expected [Akaogi et al., 1989; Katsura and Ito, 1989; Ringwood, 1969>. We have assembled recordings from 22 short-period seismometers in Washington and British Columbia of 35 nuclear explosions in Nevada. These data reveal relatively noise-free reflections from the ''410'' discontinuity. Most of the transition is completed within a depth interval of less than 10 km under the western United States. This result adds to the accumulating seismic evidence of a fairly sharp ''410'' transition. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995.

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Tectonophysics, Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle—general
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