Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have discovered an ancient "ghost" plume lurking beneath Oman. The magma plume is trapped beneath a thick portion of ...

A sideways flow of hot mantle rock, not a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, may be feeding one of the planet’s most ...

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A new study challenges long-held views that Yellowstone’s volcanic activity is fueled by a deep mantle plume, instead pointing to tectonic forces stretching and tilting the crust. Researchers used 3D ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A pulsing mantle plume ...

Mantle plumes beneath volcanic hotspots, like Hawaii, Iceland, and the Galapagos, seem to be anchored into a large structure within the core-mantle boundary (CMB). A new study, published in Science ...

Scientists discover hidden "ghost plume" that is so powerful that it is physically warping the internal layers of the planet ...