Ocean Island: Cape Verde Islands

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Ocean Island: Cape Verde Islands
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The Cape Verde Islands are located to the east of the African Continental margin. The Cape Verde Islands are in an intraplate tectonic setting. This means that the islands were not produced at a divergent margin (Mid-ocean ridge) setting or a convergent margin (island arc) setting. Instead, they were produced within the margins of a plate by hotspot volcanism. The Cape Verde Islands were produced within the African Plate.
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Claire Kojaian
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Tamara Carley
carleyt@lafayette.edu
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Lafayette College Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

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