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- In contrast, the lower mantle is under tremendous pressure and therefore has a higher viscosity than the upper mantle.en.wikipedia.org
- Mantle convection is the result of a thermal gradient: the lower mantle is hotter than the upper mantle, and is therefore less dense.en.wikipedia.org
- The transition zone is an area of great complexity; it physically separates the upper and lower mantle.en.wikipedia.org
- The base of the lower mantle is at about 2700 km.en.wikipedia.org
- The core is surrounded by the partially (10 to 30%) melted layer of the lower mantle with the radius of (thickness 150 km).en.wikipedia.org
- It may however be a predominant form of silicon dioxide in the earth, especially in the lower mantle.en.wikipedia.org
- Slabs have been imaged down to the seismic discontinuities between the upper and lower mantle and to the coremantle boundary.en.wikipedia.org
- The lower mantle above the core-mantle boundary has more sluggish convection than the upper mantle because the greater pressure causes fluids to become more viscous.en.wikipedia.org
- Very little is known about the lower mantle apart from that it appears to be relatively seismically homogeneous.en.wikipedia.org
- This debate is linked to the controversy regarding whether intraplate volcanism is caused by shallow, upper-mantle processes or by plumes from the lower mantle.en.wikipedia.org
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