Phrases with «rising plumes»

The phrase "rising plumes" refers to columns or streams of something, like smoke, water, or dust, that are going up into the air. They are called "rising" because they move upward and "plumes" because they appear in a shape like a feather or a fountain. Full definition

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Sentences with «rising plumes»

Back in the 1970s, geophysicist Jason Morgan — the father of plate tectonics — posited that hotspots were caused by rising plumes of superheated magma that originated deep in the outer core. (seeker.com)
Sinking slabs of ocean crust and rising plumes of hot rock in Earth's mantle are observed to behave differently below one megameter (1,000 kilometers) depth. (sciencedaily.com)
«While explaining one mystery — the behavior of rising plumes and sinking slabs — our results lead to a new conundrum,» Lekic said. (sciencedaily.com)
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Phrases with «rising plumes»

Sentences with «rising plumes»

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