"Hotspots": Mantle Thermal Plumes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/hotspots.html
U.S. Geological Survey
This website features the chapter on hotspots and mantle plumes in the online text "This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics", published by the U.S. Geological Survey.
This resource is referenced here:
Integrating Research and Education:Yellowstone: Is volcanism caused by a deep-seated mantle plume?
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Geoscience:Geology:
Structural Geology
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Solid Earth:
Structural Geology
