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Mantle plume tectonics: The evolution of the main ideas

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Three stages of the evolution of plume-tectonic ideas and views are examined for the first time using five important criteria: (1) the area of magmatic occurrence at the Earth surface; (2) the pecularities of the geochemical compositions of igneous rocks that are associated with plumes; (3) stationary position relative to the Earth’s core; (4) correspondence to the lithospheric structure; and (5) correspondence to the cyclicity of the lithosphere’s evolution. The conception of a relationship between the mechanisms of plume and plate tectonic is very important for the global geodynamic theory and for interpretation of intraplate magmatism and some lithospheric structures linked with them.

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Original Russian Text © E.V. Lvova, 2010, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Geologiya, 2010, No. 5, pp. 21–26.

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Lvova, E.V. Mantle plume tectonics: The evolution of the main ideas. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 65, 283–288 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875210050030

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