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

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Multiple Choice

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

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

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