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- provinces (LLSVPs), also called large low-velocity provinces (LLVPs) or superplumes, are characteristic structures of parts of the lowermost mantle, the...
- in favor of mantle plumes beneath the EAR. Others proposed an African superplume causing mantle deformation. Although the effects of deep-rooted mantle...
- supercontinent Rodinia began to break up 870–845 Ma probably as a consequence of a superplume caused by mantle slab avalanches along the margins of the supercontinent...
- upwelling of mantle material from the core–mantle boundary, referred to as superplumes. Two present day superswells have been identified: the African superswell...
- A superplume generated by cooling processes in the mantle....
- due to the large feature size they image, such as subducted slabs and superplumes. The trade off from whole mantle to whole Earth coverage is the co****...
- America: a first order continental structure generated by the Cretaceous superplume mantle event. Journal of Geodynamics. 34:163–176. Buffler, R. T., 1991...
- centre. Plumes derived from a superplume (or Large Low Shear Velocity Province (LLSVP)) overlay the boundary of the superplume at the core-mantle boundary...
- Larson, R.L. (1991). "Latest pulse of Earth: Evidence for a mid-Cretaceous superplume". Geology. 19 (6): 547–550. Bibcode:1991Geo....19..547L. doi:10...
- subduction of the Kula and Pacific plates, which was probably caused by a superplume. During the opening of the South Atlantic the Paraná–Etendeka LIP produced...