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How did kilauea form?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 5/1/2022

Mount Kilauea formed as a Shield Volcano, as the Pacific plate moved over a geological hot spot magma broke through the crust of the earth and formed a set of volcanic mountains on the sea floor. The tops of these mountains are now the Hawaiian islands.

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Lessie Jones

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3y ago

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