Volcanic islands and island chains, like the hawaiian islands, were created by
spots, which may or may not occur on
a plate's boundary.

Why is the huronian supergroup rock formation particularly interesting to scientists? because it looks like a cross-section of a giant, stone encyclopedia because it formed during the period when oxygen began to accumulate in the atmosphere because it contains unusually large amounts of oxygen and sulfur because it dramatically altered the planet's development when it first formed