Broad plumes rooted at the base of the Earth's mantle beneath major hotspots
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Broad plumes rooted at the base of the Earth's mantle beneath major hotspots
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A whole-mantle seismic imaging technique, combining accurate wavefield computations with information contained in whole seismic waveforms, is used to reveal the presence of broad conduits beneath many of Earth’s surface hotspots, supporting the idea that these conduits are the source of hotspot volcanoes.
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Nature
Vol. 525
No. 7567
Vol. 525
No. 7567
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Nature
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03.09.2015
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Scott W. French & Barbara Romanowicz, “Broad plumes rooted at the base of the Earth's mantle beneath major hotspots,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 14, 2024, http://library.uwekind.com/items/show/219.