Abstract

The Changbaishan volcanic complex in China cannot be easily explained as the consequence of a mantle plume. Seismic images from the region identify buoyant mantle material that may have been entrained and dragged downwards by the subducting Pacific Plate, but is now escaping upwards through a gap in the plate and producing the intraplate volcanism.

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