plume head
plume head noun: the broad, flattened top of a mantle plume, the eruption of which is thought to create a large igneous province.
Noun
plume head (plural plume heads)
- The broad, flattened top of a mantle plume, the eruption of which is thought to create a large igneous province.
- When the plumehead reaches the underside of the overlying lithospheric shell of the Earth, it spreads laterally and thereby causes fractures to form which may propagate upward into the continental or oceanic crust.2007, Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective, page 76
- Hotspots indicated by basaltic volcanism mark the position of the plume head below the Earth's surface, where magma has been generated by the partial melting of rising mantle material.2012, Tianfeng Weng, The Tectonics of China: Data, Maps and Evolution, page 371
Forms of plume head
| plural | plume heads |
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| alternative form | plumehead |
Questions about plume head
- What does plume head mean?
- Plume head means the broad, flattened top of a mantle plume, the eruption of which is thought to create a large igneous province.
- What part of speech is plume head?
- Plume head is a noun.
- What is the plural of plume head?
- The plural of plume head is plume heads.
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