African superplume

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African superplume [¦af·ri·kən ′sü·pər‚plüm]

(geophysics)

A large, discrete, slowly rising plume of heated material in the earth's mantle, beneath southern Africa, believed by some to contribute to the movement of tectonic plates.

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