The Hawaiian Islands were formed by
A) the subduction of the Pacific plate under the Indo-Australian plate.
B) the rifting of the Pacific plate and the Indo-Australian plate.
C) an active hot spot beneath the moving Pacific Plate.
D) large-scale undersea earthquakes building up the land surface beneath the sea.
E) plate movement of accreted lands from the U.S. mainland.
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