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Mantle Plumes

Mantle Plumes is a geodynamic construct referring to a localized, upward-flying thermal anomaly originating from deep within the Earth's mantle, distinguished from ambient mantle convection by its cylindrical geometry, fixed source, and ability to generate intraplate volcanic activity.

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Magmatism at rift zones: The generation of volcanic continental margins and flood basalts

R. S. White, Dan McKenzie · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1989 · 3K citations

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Mantle geochemistry: the message from oceanic volcanism

Albrecht W. Hofmann · Nature · 1997 · 2.7K citations

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Convection Plumes in the Lower Mantle

W. Jason Morgan · Nature · 1971 · 2.5K citations

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Age, spreading rates, and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust

R. Dietmar Müller, M. Sdrolias, Carmen Gaina et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2008 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Mantle plumes from ancient oceanic crust

Albrecht W. Hofmann, William M. White · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1982 · 1.5K citations

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  1. BS
    Bernhard Steinberger

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    31 publications · 5.3K citations

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  2. DA
    David A. Yuen

    University of Minnesota, United States

    35 publications · 1.8K citations

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    G. Schubert

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    21 publications · 1.6K citations

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    Mark A. Richards

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    19 publications · 3.9K citations

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    Norman H. Sleep

    Stanford University, United States

    23 publications · 3.7K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    57 h-index

    271 publications

    19.5K citations

  2. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    49 h-index

    114 publications

    12K citations

  3. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    47 h-index

    134 publications

    16K citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    46 h-index

    120 publications

    14.3K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    43 h-index

    223 publications

    17.6K citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    39 h-index

    106 publications

    10.4K citations

  7. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    38 h-index

    86 publications

    7.5K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    119 publications

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  1. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    273 publications · 30K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 138 publications · 21.9K citations

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  3. Nature

    94 publications · 22.4K citations

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  4. Geology

    98 publications · 8.1K citations

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  5. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    106 publications · 11.6K citations

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