Simulations and ancient magnetism suggest mantle plumes may bend deep beneath Earth's crust
Friday, April 3, 2009 - 07:28
in Earth & Climate
Computer simulations, palaeomagnetism and plate motion histories described in today's issue of Science reveal how hotspots, centres of erupting magma that sit atop columns of hot mantle that were once thought to remain firmly fixed in place, in fact move beneath Earth's crust...