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Transition region of the Earth's upper mantle

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The transition region of the Earth's upper mantle, 400–650 km deep, appears to be mineralogically and chemically distinct from both the shallow mantle and lower mantle. It contains most of the basalt fraction of the Earth's mantle.

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