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The Lehmann discontinuity is named after a female seismologist.
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The Lehmann discontinuity is named after Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann, who discovered Earth's solid inner core in 1936. The discontinuity at about 5,150 km depth marks the boundary between the liquid outer core and solid inner core.