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A Geochemical and Petrological View of Mantle Plume

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Kogiso, T. (2007). A Geochemical and Petrological View of Mantle Plume. In: Yuen, D.A., Maruyama, S., Karato, SI., Windley, B.F. (eds) Superplumes: Beyond Plate Tectonics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5750-2_7

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