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12.6 What does the mantle-plume hypothesis explain that plate tectonics cannot explain?

cross section of hot spots and a narrow plume rising vertically

The mantle-plume hypothesis (c. 1960s) has two main components: 1) Hot spots form where narrow columns (plumes) of unusually hot mantle convectively rise from the core-mantle boundary, and 2) plume locations are stationary in the mantle.

Fig 12.32