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Aleutian
trench
Hawaijan Chain
should
notice that:
Looking
at
this figure, you
Emperor Seamounts
Midway 25
Necker 11.3
Nihoa 7.5
Oahu 2.3-3.3
Hawaii
now
active
Transcribed Image Text:Aleutian trench Hawaijan Chain should notice that: Looking at this figure, you Emperor Seamounts Midway 25 Necker 11.3 Nihoa 7.5 Oahu 2.3-3.3 Hawaii now active
Looking at this figure, you should notice that:
the Hawaiian islands and other volcanoes in a chain formed over a hot spot are
getting older the farther they are from the big island of Hawaii.
the Hawaiian islands and other volcanoes in a chain formed over a hot spot are
getting younger the farther they are from the big island of Hawaii.
the subducted plate that is shown by the seismic tomography is colder than the
rest of the mantle around it.
the subducted plate that is shown by the seismic tomography is warmer than the
rest of the mantle around it.
Transcribed Image Text:Looking at this figure, you should notice that: the Hawaiian islands and other volcanoes in a chain formed over a hot spot are getting older the farther they are from the big island of Hawaii. the Hawaiian islands and other volcanoes in a chain formed over a hot spot are getting younger the farther they are from the big island of Hawaii. the subducted plate that is shown by the seismic tomography is colder than the rest of the mantle around it. the subducted plate that is shown by the seismic tomography is warmer than the rest of the mantle around it.
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