Rapid cooling can be caused when the atmosphere has too much oxygen in it.
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The first step in the formation of a hotspot volcano is lava erupts and forms an island. Magma<span> generated by the </span>hot spot<span> rises through the rigid plates of the </span>lithosphere<span> and produces active volcanoes at the Earth's surface.</span>