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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