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> It's still referred to as one hotspot, but there may be separate mantle plumes in close proximity. Does it need to be separate plumes or can it be bifurcatio
by privong 8y ago
> It's still referred to as one hotspot, but there may be separate mantle plumes in close proximity.
Does it need to be separate plumes or can it be bifurcation of a single plume as it passes through the crust?
- jcranmer 8y agoI don't know the answer to this question myself, and I suspect our knowledge of hotspots is poor enough that no one can answer this question definitively.