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mantle plumes

mantle plumes is the plural of mantle plume.

Meaning of mantle plume

Noun

mantle plume (plural mantle plumes)

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

Questions about mantle plumes

What is mantle plumes the plural of?
Mantle plumes is the plural of mantle plume.

Words near mantle plumes in the dictionary

  1. mantle field
  2. mantle leaf
  3. mantle piece
  4. mantle pieces
  5. mantle plume
  6. mantle plumes
  7. mantle-piece
  8. mantle-pieces
  9. mantle-tree
  10. mantle-trees
  11. mantled

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