Combining the geometry of plate tectonics, and the computational advantage of digital sea-floor topography, provides a new method for locating plumes rising from the Earth's deep mantle and for tracing the history of plate motions.
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Stein, S. Hot-spotting in the Pacific. Nature 387, 345–346 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/387345a0
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