Formation of Volcanic Island Chains (VIDEO)

University of California - Berkeley

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This is a supercomputer simulation of plumes of hot rock rising through the mantle to form volcanic island chains.

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Animation by Scott French, NERSC and Berkeley Lab; video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally, UC Berkeley.

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