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Describe the processes that have led to the formation of the soufriere hills volcano

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The Soufriere Hills volcano has formed where magma is actively seeping up from the mantle to the surface. Soufriere Hills volcano is part of an island chain that formed at the boundary where two oceanic plates converge. One plate subducts beneath the plate with the island chain, and the subducting plate melts in the mantle and creates magma that rises and fuels the Soufriere Hills volcano.

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