The Upper Mantle is also called the lower velocity zones. - Why?
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low-velocity zone (LVZ) The zone within the upper mantle beneath the oceans within which seismic P-waves are slowed and S-waves are slowed and partially absorbed. ... It is attributed to the presence of a 0.1% fluid phase and commonly ascribed to the partial melting of mantle rocks at these depths.
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