The Huge Volume of Mafic Magma That Erupted to Form

question 39

Multiple Choice

The huge volume of mafic magma that erupted to form the Columbia plateau basalts of Washington and Oregon are attributed to ___.

• A) sea floor spreading
• B) a hot mantle plume
• C) subduction
• D) magma mixing
• E) meteorite impact

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