"LLSVP" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: LLSVPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} LLSVP (plural LLSVPs)
  1. (geology) Initialism of large low-shear-velocity province; a characteristic structure of parts of the lowermost mantle of the Earth. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: large low-shear-velocity province (extra: a characteristic structure of parts of the lowermost mantle of the Earth) Categories (topical): Geology Synonyms: LLVP, superplume Hyponyms (Earth): African LLSVP, Pacific LLSVP
    Sense id: en-LLSVP-en-noun-wR1x482R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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          "text": "At a more regional scale, Farnetani et al. [2012] point out that 208Pb*/206Pb* increases from Hawaiʻi southward to Samoa. Their modeling results demonstrate that such large-scale latitudinal variations in isotopic signatures do not obscure bilateral asymmetry in the Hawaiian plume, but only add azimuthal and radial variations within the compositional hemispheres. Thus, whereas it may not be possible to characterize the geochemical properties of the LLSVP precisely at this time, ...",
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