mantle plume

English

Noun

mantle plume (plural mantle plumes)

1. (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