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xkcd #3141: Mantle Model

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Mantle plumes explain Hawaii, Yellowstone, Iceland, the East African Rift, the Adirondack uplift, the Permian extinction, the decline of Rome, the DB Cooper hijacking, and the balrog in Moria. Those little hills of sand in your yard are caused by antle plumes.

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[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 36 points 3 days ago

It’s implying that every time we don’t know why there’s land somewhere we don’t expect geologists are just like “uhhhh mantle plume”