Which of the Following Is False Relative to Hot Spots

question 94

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false relative to hot spots?

• A) Hot spots can occur beneath both oceanic and continental crust.
• B) They remain relatively fixed in relationship to the migrating plates.
• C) They are responsible for the formation of the Hawaiian-Emperor Islands chain.
• D) Hot spot activity is unrelated to the formation of Iceland, which sits atop a sea-floor spreading ridge in the North Atlantic.

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