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The characteristics of seismic waves detected at the Large Aperture Seismic Array in Montana suggest that, beneath the Bonin Island Arc in particular, there are lateral inhomogeneities in the mantle.
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DAVIES, D., SHEPPARD, R. Lateral Heterogeneity in the Earth's Mantle. Nature 239, 318–323 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239318a0
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