Reply to the comment on the paper “Is the track of the Yellowstone hotspot driven by a deep mantle plume?—Review of volcanism, faulting, and uplift in light of new data”

2011 ◽  
Vol 202 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 264-265
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Pierce ◽  
Lisa A. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Yellowstone Hotspot ◽  
Deep Mantle

Role of the deep mantle in generating the compositional asymmetry of the Hawaiian mantle plume

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 831-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Weis ◽  
Michael O. Garcia ◽  
J. Michael Rhodes ◽  
Mark Jellinek ◽  
James S. Scoates
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Deep Mantle

Lower-mantle plume beneath the Yellowstone hotspot revealed by core waves

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter L. Nelson ◽  
Stephen P. Grand
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Lower Mantle ◽  
Yellowstone Hotspot

scholarly journals Noble gases confirm plume-related mantle degassing beneath Southern Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. V. Gilfillan ◽  
D. Györe ◽  
S. Flude ◽  
G. Johnson ◽  
C. E. Bond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Upper Mantle ◽  
Thermal Anomaly ◽  
Continental Lithosphere ◽  
Thermal Perturbation ◽  
Deep Mantle ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Isotope Systematics

Abstract Southern Africa is characterised by unusually elevated topography and abnormal heat flow. This can be explained by thermal perturbation of the mantle, but the origin of this is unclear. Geophysics has not detected a thermal anomaly in the upper mantle and there is no geochemical evidence of an asthenosphere mantle contribution to the Cenozoic volcanic record of the region. Here we show that natural CO2 seeps along the Ntlakwe-Bongwan fault within KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, have C-He isotope systematics that support an origin from degassing mantle melts. Neon isotopes indicate that the melts originate from a deep mantle source that is similar to the mantle plume beneath Réunion, rather than the convecting upper mantle or sub-continental lithosphere. This confirms the existence of the Quathlamba mantle plume and importantly provides the first evidence in support of upwelling deep mantle beneath Southern Africa, helping to explain the regions elevation and abnormal heat flow.

WINDOWS INTO THE DEEP MANTLE FROM LONG-LASTING EM-1 MANTLE PLUME

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Weis ◽  
◽  
Lauren Harrison ◽  
James S. Scoates
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Deep Mantle

Noble gas isotopes suggest deep mantle plume source of late Cenozoic mafic alkaline volcanism in Europe

2005 ◽  
Vol 230 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 143-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei Buikin ◽  
Mario Trieloff ◽  
Jens Hopp ◽  
Tilmann Althaus ◽  
Ekaterina Korochantseva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Late Cenozoic ◽  
Deep Mantle ◽  
Alkaline Volcanism ◽  
Noble Gas Isotopes ◽  
Gas Isotopes

scholarly journals Geodynamics of the Yellowstone hotspot and mantle plume: Seismic and GPS imaging, kinematics, and mantle flow

2009 ◽  
Vol 188 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 26-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Smith ◽  
Michael Jordan ◽  
Bernhard Steinberger ◽  
Christine M. Puskas ◽  
Jamie Farrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Mantle Flow ◽  
Yellowstone Hotspot

Deep mantle plume osmium isotope signature from West Greenland Tertiary picrites

2000 ◽  
Vol 175 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 105-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce F Schaefer ◽  
Ian J Parkinson ◽  
Chris J Hawkesworth
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Isotope Signature ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Deep Mantle ◽  
Osmium Isotope
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