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Map of the underworld

A chemically distinct region separates the Indian and Pacific mantle domains as revealed by isotope analyses on rare samples from the Australian–Antarctic Ridge.

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Fig. 1: Complex mantle.

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Kempton, P.D. Map of the underworld. Nat. Geosci. 12, 151–152 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0321-y

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