Which of the following settings is most likely to have basaltic magma eruptions?
a) island arcs
b) subduction beneath a thin continental plate
c) subduction beneath a thick continental plate
d) mid-ocean ridge
e) none of the above
Ans: d) mid-ocean ridge
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