What is a mantle plume?
A) The magma that rises up from the mantle at a divergent plate boundary
B) Material rising up from a subducting plate going through partial melting
C) A form of batholith composed of ferromagnesian materials
D) An upwelling of hot material from the Earth's interior that is cylindrical in shape
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