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Published Online July 27, 2006
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1131298

Perspectives

Submitted on July 14, 2006
Accepted on July 20, 2006

Another Nail in the Plume Coffin?

Marcia K. McNutt 1*

1 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Marcia K. McNutt , E-mail: mcnutt{at}mbari.org

At least one chain of hot-spot volcanoes is not caused by a plume rising up from the core-mantle boundary, calling for a reexamination of the plume hypothesis.


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