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Lehmann discontinuity
The Lehmann discontinuity, named after seismologist Inge Lehmann, is the discontinuity in seismic velocity near a depth of 220km, which is still debated. It appears beneath continents, but not usually beneath oceans, and does not readily appear in globally-averaged studies.
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