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Hot spot volcanism
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- Summary
The Hawaiian islands formed successively over a common source of magma called a hot spot.
- Learning objectives
- To study hot spot volcanism.
- How to use the animation
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- Keywords
- Hawaii, volcano, volcanic-chain, volcanism, hot-spot, plate, chimney, mantle, magma, ocean-crust, oceanic-ridge, lithosphere, asthenosphere, magma-chamber, basaltic, eruption, extinction
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