Wednesday, February 9, 2011


This is a picture of an islnad arc volcanoe begginnning to form. Two converging oceanic plates have collided, and one of the oceanic plates has slid underneath the other. This causes magma to rise from the asthenosphere and creates a buidup of sediment, which eventually reaches the surface of the ocean, creating mid-ocean islands. These islands once fully formed, can be inhabited by humans

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