Open AccessThe book by G.R. Foulger: from melting anomalies to hypotheses on plates or plumes?
Author(s) -
С. В. Рассказов
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
geodinamika i tektonofizika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.336
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2078-502X
DOI - 10.5800/gt-2011-2-4-0053
Subject(s) - intraplate earthquake , volcanism , geology , mantle plume , plume , lithosphere , geophysics , earth science , seismology , tectonics , meteorology , physics
The book «Plates vs. plumes: a geological controversy» (Fig. 1) is intended for the advanced student who is not satisfied by the presentday interpretation of intraplate volcanism. From systematic descriptions of the geological controversy on the plate and plume hypotheses, it follows that, unlike predictions of the former, those of the latter have not been confirmed by observations. Recent intraplate volcanism is explained adequately by models of lithospheric extension and local convection in the upper mantle