Is the track of the Yellowstone hotspot driven by a deep mantle plume?—Review of volcanism, faulting, and uplift in light of new data
KL Pierce, LA Morgan - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Geophysical imaging of a tilted mantle plume extending at least 500 km beneath the
Yellowstone caldera provides compelling support for a plume origin of the entire …
Yellowstone caldera provides compelling support for a plume origin of the entire …
Hotspot swells revisited
The first attempts to quantify the width and height of hotspot swells were made more than 30
years ago. Since that time, topography, ocean-floor age, and sediment thickness datasets …
years ago. Since that time, topography, ocean-floor age, and sediment thickness datasets …
A catalogue of deep mantle plumes: New results from finite‐frequency tomography
R Montelli, G Nolet, FA Dahlen… - Geochemistry …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
New finite‐frequency tomographic images of S‐wave velocity confirm the existence of deep
mantle plumes below a large number of known hot spots. We compare S‐anomaly images …
mantle plumes below a large number of known hot spots. We compare S‐anomaly images …
A mantle melting profile across the Basin and Range, SW USA
K Wang, T Plank, JD Walker… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The major and trace element composition of late Cenozoic basalts (0–10 Ma) across the
Basin and Range province (B&R) preserve a clear signal of mantle melting depth variations …
Basin and Range province (B&R) preserve a clear signal of mantle melting depth variations …
Ambient and excess mantle temperatures, olivine thermometry, and active vs. passive upwelling
Mantle temperatures provide a key test of the mantle plume hypothesis, and olivine-liquid
equilibria provide perhaps the most certain means of estimating mantle temperatures. Here …
equilibria provide perhaps the most certain means of estimating mantle temperatures. Here …
Mantle potential temperatures at Hawaii, Iceland, and the mid‐ocean ridge system, as inferred from olivine phenocrysts: Evidence for thermally driven mantle plumes
KD Putirka - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature differences between lavas erupted at ocean islands and mid‐ocean ridges are
crucial to documenting the existence of mantle plumes. Olivines are useful for T estimation …
crucial to documenting the existence of mantle plumes. Olivines are useful for T estimation …
Phase transitions in pyrolitic mantle around 670‐km depth: Implications for upwelling of plumes from the lower mantle
K Hirose - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Phase relations in the natural pyrolitic mantle composition (KLB‐1) around 670‐km depth
have been determined at 1600–2200° C by high‐pressure experiments using multianvil …
have been determined at 1600–2200° C by high‐pressure experiments using multianvil …
Effects of melt depletion on the density and seismic velocity of garnet and spinel lherzolite
We examine the effects of melt depletion on density and anharmonic VP and VS on the
basis of the melting relations of fertile peridotite between 1 and 7 GPa. We incorporate the …
basis of the melting relations of fertile peridotite between 1 and 7 GPa. We incorporate the …
The Basin and Range Province as a composite extensional domain
WR Dickinson - International Geology Review, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The Basin and Range province is a composite Cenozoic taphrogen with a present
configuration and internal geometry derived from superimposed multiple phases of …
configuration and internal geometry derived from superimposed multiple phases of …
Subduction-triggered magmatic pulses: A new class of plumes?
A variety of atypical plume-like structures and focused upwellings that are not rooted in the
lower mantle have recently been discussed, and seismological imaging has shown …
lower mantle have recently been discussed, and seismological imaging has shown …