This special issue aims to provide a platform for researchers to share their latest findings and insights on the topics addressed at the European Mineralogical ...
A mysterious find on Easter Island, investigated by a team of geologists, suggests that the Earth's mantle seems to behave differently than once thought.
When they get close to the base of the Earth's plates, the rocks of the plume as well as from the surrounding mantle melt and form volcanoes. Scientists have known since the 1960s that mantle ...
When the plumes get close to the base of the Earth’s plates, the rocks of the plume and surrounding mantle melt away and form volcanoes, staying in place as Earth’s plates move over them.