Presents a collection of papers discussing various hypotheses and models of planetary plumes.

Since the advent of the mantle plume hypothesis in 1971, scientists have been faced with the problem that its predictions are not confirmed by observation. For

This abundantly illustrated book provides a concise overview of our understanding of the entire mantle, its evolution since early differentiation and the conseq

The 19 original papers on the tectonic evolution of mountain systems were collected to mark the 50th anniversary of Price's description of the Canadian Cordille