Friday, March 13, 2009

The hawaiian islands are associated with.......volcanism?

a. intraplate


b. spreading plate


c. subduction zone


d. intercrustal


e. geothermal



Intraplate.





For one the prefix intra means inside, and two intraplate volcanism is that occurring in hot spots caused by the stretching or abnormalities in the plates.





Yellowstone and the geysers are other examples of intraplate volcanism.




I would say intercrustal as Hawaii isn't actually near a plate boundary it is positioned over a hot spot.

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