Volcanic plume may refer to:
- Eruption column, or volcanic plume, a column of hot volcanic ash and gas emitted into the atmosphere during an explosive volcanic eruption
- Mantle plume, or volcanic plume, an upwelling of abnormally hot rock within the Earth's mantle, which can cause volcanic hotspots
Famous quotes containing the words volcanic and/or plume:
“Pity the planet, all joy gone
from this sweet volcanic cone;”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
“In some of those dense fir and spruce woods there is hardly room for the smoke to go up. The trees are a standing night, and every fir and spruce which you fell is a plume plucked from night’s raven wing.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)