Open AccessThe Yellowstone Hotspot: Plume or Not?
Author(s) -
M. J. Fouch
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/focus052012.1
Subject(s) - hotspot (geology) , mantle plume , geology , plume , intraplate earthquake , mantle (geology) , geophysics , earth science , seismology , tectonics , meteorology , lithosphere , geography
Intraplate hotspots, frequently expressing themselves as age-progressive eruptive centers, have long been attributed to cylindrical plumes of hot, buoyant mantle rising from great depths, perhaps as deep as the core-mantle boundary (e.g., [Morgan, 1971][1]). A deep mantle plume-derived source for
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