Oceanic plateau of the Hawaiian mantle plume head subducted to the uppermost lower mantle
Finding the Emperor's headVolcanic island and seamount chains form from deep-seated plumes of hot material upwelling through the mantle. The most famous of these is the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain. However, a large volcanic structure associated with a plume head that should precede the chain has long been missing. Wei et…
bubmagNovember 19, 2020