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The Hawaiian Islands are thought to be the result of?
Is it subduction
midocean ridge volcanics
mantle plumes
ocean- ocean convergence
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The islands are the result of a stationary mantle plume, also known as a Hot Spot.
The crust is oceanic, and because of its thinness the magma can puncture it and form islands on the Earth's surface when the magma has cooled.
There's a chain of islands because of continental drift - the oceanic plate is moving slowly, and so as it moves, the part of it above the hot spot slowly changes, leaving a chain of islands.
Source(s): A-level Geology knowledge