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Title: In what plate tectonic setting are magmas generated predominantly by fluids from ocean waters in ...
Post by: strangeaffliction on Feb 28, 2020

Question 1

Volcanic activity in Yellowstone National Park is related to ________.
◦ a divergent plate boundary
◦ a transform plate boundary
◦ intraplate, hot spot volcanism
◦ plate subduction

Question 2

In what plate tectonic setting are magmas generated predominantly by fluids from ocean waters in trenches "fluxing" the melting process by decreasing melting temperature?
◦ spreading ridges
◦ hot spots
◦ convergent plate margins
◦ transform faults

Title: In what plate tectonic setting are magmas generated predominantly by fluids from ocean waters in ...
Post by: johnharpe on Feb 28, 2020

Answer 1

intraplate, hot spot volcanism

Answer 2

convergent plate margins