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Record 1 2018-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

Most of the drift occurred 50 million to 80 million years ago. They attributed it to the mantle wind or the influence of a nearby mid-ocean spreading center that can capture a plume and divert it from its track.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

Les vents mantelliques. Le manteau de la Terre a ses vents, comme l'atmosphère. [...] Évidemment, on parle de vents qui ont une vitesse de quelques centimètres par année [...]

Spanish

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