Thermally-driven mantle plumes reconcile multiple hot-spot observations

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2009

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Davies, Rhodri
Davies, J

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Elsevier

Abstract

Hot-spots are anomalous regions of magmatism that cannot be directly associated with plate tectonic processes. They are widely-regarded as the surface expression of upwelling mantle plumes. Hot-spots exhibit variable life-spans, magmatic productivity and

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Keywords: hot-spots; mantle plumes; multi-resolution; multigrid-refinement; paleomagnetism; plate tectonics; Dynamics; Geomagnetism; Minerals; Multiresolution analysis; Plates (structural components); Thermal plumes; Three dimensional; Tectonics; hot spot; mantle c hot-spots; mantle plumes; multi-resolution; multigrid-refinement; paleomagnetism; plate tectonics

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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