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Volcanoes - Island Builders, Mountain Builders, And Time Bombs

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Gordon Gumpertz asked: The Hawaiian Islands would not be here today if it were not for the volcanoes of the mid-Pacific. There would be no Kauai, no Lanai, no Molokai, no Oahu, no Maui, and no Big Island. They were all formed by shield volcanoes fed by a constant flow ...