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How was mauna kea born?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

mauna kea was born when a hot part of the mantle melted a hole in the lithospheric ocean crust and formed a hot spot this hot spot constantly is feeding fresh hot magma from the mantle in what is thought to be the meeting of two convection cells flowing opposite direction's.

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