The existence of mantle plumes was first proposed in the 1970s to explain intra-plate,
hotspot volcanism, yet owing to difficulties in resolving mantle upwellings with geophysical …

Mantle plumes originate at depths near the core− mantle boundary (~ 2,800 km). As such,
they provide invaluable information about the composition of the deep mantle and insight …

Plumes of hot upwelling rock rooted in the deep mantle have been proposed as a possible
origin of hotspot volcanoes, but this idea is the subject of vigorous debate,. On the basis of …

Mantle plumes were conceived as thin, vertical conduits in which buoyant, hot rock from the
lowermost mantle rises to Earth's surface, manifesting as hotspot-type volcanism far from …

Geological mapping and geochronological studies have shown much lower eruption rates
for ocean island basalts (OIBs) in comparison with those of lavas from large igneous …

Intraplate volcanism during the Late Cenozoic in the Leiqiong area of southernmost China,
with basaltic lava flows covering a total of more than 7000 km 2, has been attributed to an …

Recent progress in seismic tomography provides the first complete 3-D images of the
combined thermal and chemical anomalies that characterise the unique deep-mantle …

The generation of the Earth's continental crust modified the composition of the mantle and
provided a stable, buoyant reservoir capable of capturing mantle material and ultimately …

Based on SEMUCB‐WM1 tomographic model, validated by other recent models, and fluid
mechanics constraints, we show that the large low shear velocity provinces (LLSVPs) …

The radiogenic isotope heterogeneity of oceanic basalts is often assessed using 2D isotope
ratio diagrams. But because the underlying data are at least six dimensional (87Sr/86Sr …