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Cracking Continents: The Power of Mantle Plumes
A study details how mantle plumes may cause massive rift systems where they otherwise should not be. However, other geologists have long argued that these theoretical plumes don't even exist. A new 3D model may help get to the bottom of this subterranean mystery.
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