mantle plume

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mantle
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.təl/us
/ˈmæn.t̬əl/
formal
the responsibilities of an important position or job, especially as given from the person who had the job to the person who ...
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plume
noun
uk
/pluːm/us
/pluːm/
a ...
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(Definition ofmantleandplumefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such a model implies that a potentialmantleplumearea was oriented towards the northwest (in present coordinates).
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The role of amantleplume(or plumes) is discussed in a number of the contributions and arguments are put for and against its involvement.
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Implications ofmantleplumestructure for the evolution of flood basalts.
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This uplift and flood basalt volcanism was caused by amantleplume.
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These seamounts resulted from the movement of amantleplumehotspot.
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Themantleplumehypothesis predicts that domal topographic uplifts will develop when plume heads impinge on the base of the lithosphere.
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There are alternative explanations for this mass concentration, such as formation by amantleplumeor other large-scale volcanic activity.
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As hotmantleplumematerials rise and reach lower pressures, the hot materials melt and interact with the materials in the upper mantle, creating magma.
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Nowadays, the rift zone is still active but the rifting is much slower because of the relative coldmantleplume.
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The ridge acts as a cross section through themantleplume.
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Themantleplumemodel has, however, been challenged.
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It is thought that this reservoir came from subducted ocean crust that has been entrained by themantleplume.
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Amantleplumewould initiate at the interface when the warmer lower layer heats a portion of the cooler upper layer.
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These immense volumes of mafic lava were generated in two major pulses, mostly via a hotmantleplume.
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The role of mantle plumes, particularly in the generation of flood basaltic magmas, has been emphasized by many authors.
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The dominant causal effect of mantle plumes is again emphasized.
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