Cocos Island: Magma generating processes
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Cocos Island: Magma generating processes
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The Cocos Island likely formed due to a hotspot beneath the Cocos plate. A submarine volcano produced the ocean island, due to a hotspot of solid magma eventually producing an island landmass with an elevation sea level. This is typical from a hotspot where magma comes from the core-mantle boundary and rise toward the oceanic plate. The figure describes a hotspot magma generating process, but describes events that occurred to form Hawaii.
