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Plate loss gave chain of Pacific islands and seamounts a bend
Science News, March 2015The disappearance of a tectonic plate into Earth’s interior may be responsible for the distinctive bend in the chain of underwater mountains and islands that includes the Hawaiian archipelago.
Adapted for Science News for Students.