Hotspot tracks are thought to originate when mantle plumes impinge moving plates. However, many observed cases close to mid‐ocean ridges do not form a single age‐progressive line, but vary in width, are separated into ...

Absolute reconstructions of large igneous provinces (LIPs) for the past 300 Ma reveal a remarkable spatial pattern suggesting that almost all LIPs have erupted over the margins of the two large‐scale structures in the ...

Kevin Burke’s original and thought-provoking contributions have been published steadily for the past 60 years, and more than a decade ago he set out to resolve how plate tectonics and mantle plumes interact by proposing a ...