Abstract
ICELAND, a site of anomalous heat flow, volcanism and topography, may represent the surface expression of a rising mantle plume1–10. Gass has suggested that evidence that mantle plumes drive the movement of lithospheric plates may be demonstrated in the Red Sea area11–13. Geochemical effects of the Afar plume, located at the triple junction formed by the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea and Ethiopian rifts, are also striking14.
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BROOKS, C. Rifting and Doming in Southern East Greenland. Nature Physical Science 244, 23–25 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci244023a0
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