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Mantle Plumes

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Mantle Plumes Convection in Earth's mantle created by the dissipation of internal heat produces up-welling hot columns called mantle plumes and cold, sinking sheets. Numerical modeling suggests... Read more

Plume

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Plume A flowing, often somewhat conical, trail of emissions from a continuous point source, for example the plume of smoke from a chimney. As a plume spreads, its constituents are diluted into the sur... Read more