Evidence for Global Synchronism in Mantle Plume Convection, and Possible Significance for Geology

Name: Evidence for Global Synchronism in Mantle Plume Convection, and Possible Significance for Geology
Creator: P. R. VOGT
Keywords: 0301 basic medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, 13. Climate action, 14. Life underwater, 01 natural sciences, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1972 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 240, pages 338-342 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

Authors: P. R. VOGT;

doi: 10.1038/240338a0

Evidence for Global Synchronism in Mantle Plume Convection, and Possible Significance for Geology

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Volume estimates and age dating of basic, non-orogenic igneous deposits suggest synchronous discharge from many hot spots, identified as mantle plumes. The discharge fluctuations seem to mirror the histories of diverse global geological parameters. Extinction crisis of faunal evolution may reflect trace-element pollution occurring during intervals of intense vulcanism reflecting active plume convection.

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