(geology) The portion of the mantle lying above a depth of about 600 miles (1000 kilometers). Also known as outer mantle; peridotite shell.
upper mantle
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- lithosphere
- Moho discontinuity
- asthenosphere (geology)
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- biopyribole (mineralogy)
- P wave (geophysics)
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- mantle (in geology)
- Enstatite (mineralogy and petrology)
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- Earth interior (geophysics)
- Olivine (mineralogy and petrology)
- serpentine (mineral – in chemistry)
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