Melting occurs in the mantle beneath Iceland, partly from the pressure release when the plates slide away from one another at the surface, and partly from the hot mantle plume anchored beneath ...

In Iceland, the large volcanoes in the interior also appear to be over a mantle plume, similar to Hawaii. This kind of volcano typically erupts basalt lava, which melts at very high temperature ...

A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sparked the evacuation of the world-famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa and surrounding ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than previously thought. Close. Advertisement. Skip to content.

Scientists first proposed in the 1970s that a hot upsurge of material from Earth’s mantle, known as a plume, was occurring below this spot.

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Taking a closer look with independent measurements, Pilia confirmed that a mantle plume—nicknamed “Dani” after his son—likely existed roughly 660 kilometers below the surface.