THE BOOK BY G.R. FOULGER: FROM MELTING ANOMALIES TO HYPOTHESES ON PLATES OR PLUMES?
https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2011-2-4-0053
Abstract
The book «Plates vs. plumes: a geological controversy» (Fig. 1) is intended for the advanced student who is not satisfied by the presentday interpretation of intraplate volcanism. From systematic descriptions of the geological controversy on the plate and plume hypotheses, it follows that, unlike predictions of the former, those of the latter have not been confirmed by observations. Recent intraplate volcanism is explained adequately by models of lithospheric extension and local convection in the upper mantle.
About the Author
Sergei V. Rasskazov
Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of RAS;
Irkutsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy, Head of Laboratory, Professor of Department of Dynamic Geology, Irkutsk State University,
664033, Irkutsk, Lermontov street, 128;
664003, Irkutsk, Lenin street, 3
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