What Is the Cause of the Magmas Currently Erupting in the Hawaiian

question 67

Multiple Choice

What is the cause of the magmas currently erupting in the Hawaiian Islands?

• A) flux- melting associated with subduction and a convergence between two sub- plates in the Pacific basin
• B) shallow decompression melting along a mid- Pacific ridge, spreading NE- SW
• C) shear melting associated with a mid- Pacific transform fault
• D) shallow decompression melting of a fixed mantle plume, with magmas rising through the NW- moving Pacific plate

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