"... as the travels over the , the rises due to thermal expansion. The Galápagos thermal swell is predicted to be only 400 high (Epp, 1984). The sea floor to the west of is about 3200 m deep, so 2800 m of lava needs to pile up on the swell for an island to form. In reality, much more is required, because as erupts from an oceanic volcano, the extra weight causes the to sag into the , forming a deep root."
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