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Nature 388, 127-129 (10 July 1997) |

Geochemistry:  Neon signs mark Australian plume

Bernard Marty1

Mantle plumes are among the most spectacular processes that generate magmas at the surface of the Earth. They are giant upwellings of hot material from deep in the mantle, probably from below the convective mantle region that drives plate tectonics1.

  1. Bernard Marty is at the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, 15 Rue Notre-Dame des Pauvres, BP 20, 54501 Vandoeuvre ls Nancy Cedex, France.