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A quick or sharp movement from the glacier could cause the crevasse. Fast increases in temperature or the overall global warming can cause the glaciers to form crevasses as well. Also in some cases water flows can cause or deepen crevasses.
The columns are mainly formed because the lava cools off and cracks are formed. Apart from columnar basalt, there are many other kinds of formations formed due to the cooling process of lava. There is something known as Pillow basalts, which is formed when the lava enters the seawater or erupts underwater.owever, then the flow is horizontal, it cannot shrink quickly or easily without having cracks. This arrangement, when noticed after cooling, forms columns. This formation is known as columnar basalt. Contrary to popular beliefs, the columnar basalts are not always hexagonal.