Mid-plate Activity: Hawaiian Islands

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Hot spot

B	Older (former) island now below sea level and volcanically active

C	Asthenosphere

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Islands move away from hot spot over time, the lithosphere cools, becomes denser and sinks and volcanic activity ceases

D	Pacific Plate (lithosphere)

F	Youngest island (Hawaii)

G	Basaltic volcanic activity

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