mantle plume
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mantle plume
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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The team believes this was an early offshoot of what is now the Azores mantle plume.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
It has already identified new seamounts in the northeast Atlantic Ocean that could help track the evolution of the mantle plume that feeds Iceland’s volcanoes.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2023
Since time immemorial, a deeply rooted fountain of superheated rock known as a mantle plume has been torching the underside of the Pacific tectonic plate.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022
Seismic imaging by research teams I’m involved with has shown that Hawaii’s mantle plume comes from deep inside the mantle.
From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022
The chain of volcanic complexes and cones extending from Milbanke Sound to Nazko Cone is interpreted as being related to a mantle plume currently situated close to the Nazko Cone, just west of Quesnel.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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