Another great deep dive on volcanic plumes and plate tectonics

Cutaway model of a planet’s yellow core and swirling orange mantle convection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrbdYcNTo7Y

Mantle plumes rise from deep in the Earth, punching through plates to feed hotspot volcanoes.

The same plumbing links flood basalts, island chains and the biggest eruptions in geologic history.

Thursday December 3rd 2020