Open AccessMantle plumes?
Author(s) -
Sleep N H
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-4004.2003.44111.x
Subject(s) - geology , mantle plume , earth science , seismology , lithosphere , tectonics
Norm Sleep suggests that it is premature to toss the concept of mantle plumes into the dustbin. The hypothesis yields testable predictions about the geological phenomena of hotspots.