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Hot spot and trench volcano separations

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WE suggest that the distribution of separations between trench volcanoes located along subduction zones reflects the depth of partial melting, and that the separation distribution for hot spot volcanoes near spreading centres provides a measure of the depth of mantle convection cells.

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    R. E. LINGENFELTER & G. SCHUBERT

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LINGENFELTER, R., SCHUBERT, G. Hot spot and trench volcano separations. Nature 249, 820–821 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249820a0

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