BASIC CONCEPT, CLASSIFICATION, EVOLUTION OF MANTLE PLUME AND LARGE SCALE MINERALIZATION──PROBE INTO SOUTHWESTERN CHINA

Mantle plume is usually referred to a large amount of materials originated from the mantle/core boundary, with characteristics of higher temperature, lower viscosity and more active than its surrounding mantle, which has a general shape of plume within the mantle and evolves into a mushroom shape with a large head and a small tail beneath the crust. After the interaction between mantle plume and crust, a trail of hotspots and a large igneous...