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The Urals are a major collision belt between two continental plates separated by island arcs: the East European plate and the Siberian plate. Their linear structure is preserved on a length of about 3000 km. A seismic array of 61 stations has been deployed during more than 3 months on a linear profile across the middle Urals, north of Ekaterinburg. P-wave travel-time residuals are inverted and provide...