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Spanish
Adjective
mantélico (feminine mantélica, masculine plural mantélicos, feminine plural mantélicas)
- (geology) Pertaining to the mantle (layer between the Earth's core and crust)
2019 May 17, Lucía Astorga, “Tico sobresale en descubrimiento científico que explica nueva forma de cómo nacen los volcanes”, in La Nación (Costa Rica):Los científicos siempre han explicado que los volcanes se pueden formar por la convergencia de las placas tectónicas o como resultado de una pluma mantélica que se eleva desde el núcleo, para crear puntos calientes en la corteza de la Tierra.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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