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plume 1. Biology any feathery part, such as the structure on certain fruits and seeds that aids dispersal by wind 2. Geology a rising column of hot, low viscosity material within the earth's mantle, which is believed to be responsible for linear oceanic island chains and flood basalts plume [plüm] (analytical chemistry) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The team's findings call for a re-examination of whether mantle plumes caused other volcanoes that are far from tectonic-plate boundaries, says Marcia K. 2001, Mantle plumes and their record in Earth history: Cambridge University Press, 320 p. This mantle plume helped generate the voluminous basalt-rhyolite volcanism of the SRP, and the Pleistocene-Recent Yellowstone caldera of Yellowstone National Park (Pierce et al. |
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