mantle plume

English

Noun

mantle plume (plural mantle plumes)

(geology) An upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere.

Translations

upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle

Dutch: rookwolk (nl), stofwolk (nl)
Finnish: pluumi
French: nuage de fumée (fr)
German: Diapir m, Manteldiapir m, Plume m
Italian: colonna (it) f
Portuguese: pluma (pt) f

Further reading

mantle plume on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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