Imaging deep-mantle plumbing beneath La Réunion and Comores hot spots: Vertical plume conduits and horizontal ponding

Mathurin Dongmo Wamba1, Jean-Paul Montagner2, Barbara Romanowicz2,3,4

  • 1Department of Geosciences, Guyot Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

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|January 25, 2023
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