Provides a review of the origin and history of mantle plumes throughout geologic time. The book describes the results of the last few years of the 20th century,... » 

Provides a review of the origin and history of mantle plumes throughout geologic time. The book describes the results of the last few years of the 20th century, and integrates an immense amount of material from the fields of geology, geophysics, and geochemistry that bear on mantle plumes. «