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Mantle Plumes, Movement of the European Plate, and Polar Wandering

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The passage of lithospheric plates over thermal plumes or hotspots in the mantle is discussed with respect to the history of two igneous chains in the European plate.

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DUNCAN, R., PETERSEN, N. & HARGRAVES, R. Mantle Plumes, Movement of the European Plate, and Polar Wandering. Nature 239, 82–86 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239082a0

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