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Mantle plumes and their role in Earth processes

Anthony Koppers, T. W. Becker, Matthew G. Jackson, Kevin Konrad, R. Dietmar Müller, Barbara Romanowicz, Bernhard Steinberger, Joanne M. Whittaker

2021Nature Reviews Earth & Environment242 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Topics & Concepts

Hotspot (geology)GeologyMantle (geology)Mantle convectionMantle plumeMantle wedgeGeophysicsPlate tectonicsTransition zoneEarth's internal heat budgetGeodynamicsSubductionCore–mantle boundaryVolcanismEarth scienceTectonicsSeismologyLithosphereGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsearthquake and tectonic studies