Mantle plumes and the Deccan Traps | Earth Processes | meriSTEM
Channel: meriSTEM Education
Date: 2021-09-14

Emeritus Professor Ian Campbell from the Australian National University (anu.edu.au) describes mantle plumes and shows some of the evidence for them discovered in India. This is part of a series of educational videos on the energy required for geological processes. 

This clip has been created by the Research School of Earth Sciences (rses.anu.edu.au). These resources are part of a comprehensive program, curriculum matched to the unit 'Earth processes – energy transfers and transformations.' 

This video touches on the following curriculum descriptors: 
Transfers and transformations of heat and gravitational energy in Earth's interior drives the movement of tectonic plates through processes including mantle convection, plume formation and slab sinking (ACSES047)

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