Looking for mantle plumes

• Autores: Eugene Humphreys
• Localización: Physics today, ISSN 0031-9228, Vol. 64, Nº. 8, 2011, pág. 34
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Seismicimages of Earth's interior offer evidence that hot columns of buoyant rock from deep in the mantle are the source of the volcanism at Yellowstone and similar hot spots. Yet mysteries remain.