Spreading ridge migration enabled by plume-ridge de-anchoring
Numerical modelling shows that high-buoyancy mantle plumes can capture and de-anchor spreading ridges, enabling their migration over vast distances.
Robert Duncan
Professor Emeritus
Robert Duncan specialises in 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry of ocean floor and oceanic island basalts to model crustal movements and mantle plume dynamics.
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Eruption and disuption: how Earth's deep interior and surface communicate
