Kerr, RossLister, John R.2015-12-071525-2027http://hdl.handle.net/1885/24758Experimental observations by Kerr and Mériaux (2004) of the deflection of thermal plume tails by an imposed background shear are reanalyzed using a corrected velocity profile. The deflected plumes are found to be accurately described by a constant verticKeywords: Deflection; Mantle plume; Plume tails; Rise velocity200810.1029/2008GC0021242016-02-24