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Wikipedia has a nice image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_low-shear-velocity_provinces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_low-shear-velocity_provi...
by tablespoon 5y ago
Wikipedia has a nice image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_low-shear-velocity_provinces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_low-shear-velocity_provi...
- MichaelZuo 5y agoThey certainly look like remnants of a gigantic impactor. Would explain why the Earth is slightly denser than Venus too.
- ta1234567890 5y agoThat’s a really nice image. It looks like Earth’s heart.
- Macha 5y agoTo be clear, the large sphere in the diagram is not the remnant of the impactor - the distortions from being a perfect sphere are.