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Figure 7: Hot-spot volcanoes may be formed by deep mantle plumes generated by slow convection currents.

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Figure 7: Hot-spot volcanoes may be formed by deep mantle plumes generated by slow convection currents.

Figure 7: Hot-spot volcanoes may be formed by deep mantle plumes generated by slow...

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Stratovolcanoes tend to form at subduction zones, or convergent plate margins, where...

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