Small-Scale Mantle Convection Beneath Hawaiian Hotspot (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST

Small-Scale Mantle Convection Beneath Hawaiian Hotspot

Caption

Three-dimensional image showing predicted mantle temperatures (blue = warm, red = hot, white = hottest) and a plume of hot mantle rising beneath the Hawaiian hotspot.

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Maxim Ballmer, SOEST/ UHM

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