Mantle 'chemical patchiness': Study provides first direct evidence of its spatial scale

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Sep 24, 2025, 12:25 pm181 ptsTrendingTop
A joint research group has identified that the spatial scale of "heterogeneity" in the upper mantle, caused by a large-scale flow called a mantle plume rising from deep Earth, is less than 10 kilometers.

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