This is a 3D view of the top 1,000 kilometers of the earth's mantle beneath the central Pacific showing the relationship between seismically-slow "plumes" and channels imaged in the study.

Now, one of the biggest head-scratchers of all might finally ... for this odd behavior is likely to be an incredibly hot mantle plume deep under the surface. A mantle plume, which is an area ...

Dynamic Earth presents the principles of convection in the earth's mantle in an accessible style. Mantle convection is the process underlying ... As a general rattle of plates and a dance of plumes, ...