"Hotspots": Mantle Thermal Plumes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/hotspots.html

U.S. Geological Survey


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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.

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Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Structural Geology