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What does an archipelago look like?

Updated: 8/9/2023
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The Hawaiian Island chain formed from a mantle plume and moving plates.

The rising mantle plume causes crustal material to melt at depth, which results in volcanism and finally in the formation of a volcanic island. Since the Pacific Plate is in continuous (although slow) movement, the same mantle plume will cause volcanism subsequently in different places and this is expressed at the surface as a chain of volcanoes or volcanic islands.

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βˆ™ 12y ago

AN ARCHIPELAGO LOOKS LIKE BUNDLES OF COUNTRIES STUCK TOGETHER

i think a archipelago is around a volcano and there is supposed to be a hot spot i know this did not help much but that's my way of thinking it From different user

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the most common way srchipelagos are formed is though volcanic activity combined with tectoic movement

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A chain or cluster of islands formed tectonically

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βˆ™ 14y ago

a cluster or chain of islands

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