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A mantle is a piece of clothing, similar to a robe but open on the front side. All other meanings of the word derive from this one.

The Earth's mantle is the region in the interior of Earth that lies between 30-35 km and 2 900 km below the surface.

A mantle is an organ possessed by molluscs which is used to secrete their shells.

A mantle is also a device used in gas and kerosene lamps to produce a bright light; see: gas mantle

A mantle (also mantel) is the stone or wood beam that serves as a support for the structure above a fireplace.

A mantle is also a rock climbing move. It is used to surmount a ledge or feature in the rock in the absence of any useful holds directly above.

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MantleA mantle is a piece of clothing, similar to a robe but open on the front side. All other meanings of the word derive from this one. The Earth's mantle is the region in the interior of Earth that lies between 30-35 km and 2 900 km below the surface. A mant

Mantle plumesMantle plumes are a geological phenomenon originally proposed by W. Jason Morgan in 1971. He described them as hot upwellings of relatively primordial material which rise from the deep mantle of the Earth and feed geological hotspots on the surface such a

Mantle (geology)The mantle is the layer in the structure of the Earth that lies directly under the Earth's crust. It lies between 30 and 2,900 km below the surface. The boundary between the crust and the mantle is the Mohorovicic discontinuity, named for its discoverer,

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