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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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  1. R. A. DUNCAN

    Present address: Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T.

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  1. Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University,

    R. A. DUNCAN, N. PETERSEN & R. B. HARGRAVES

  2. Institut für Angewandte Geophysik, Universität, München,

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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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