A flood basalt (or plateau basalt) is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that covers large stretches of land or the ocean... 42 KB (4,896 words) - 11:47, 19 April 2024 |
The Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) is the youngest, smallest and one of the best-preserved continental flood basalt provinces on Earth, covering over... 36 KB (4,201 words) - 10:53, 29 April 2024 |
Large igneous province (redirect from Continental flood basalt) continental flood basalts, oceanic plateaus, large dike swarms (the eroded roots of a volcanic province), and volcanic rifted margins. Mafic basalt sea floors... 42 KB (4,542 words) - 14:16, 25 March 2024 |
Representative continental flood basalts (also known as traps) and oceanic plateaus, together forming a listing of large igneous provinces: List of Oceanic... 36 KB (3,225 words) - 12:45, 2 April 2024 |
Extinction event (section Flood basalt events) and seven flood basalts?". Israel Journal of Earth Sciences. 43: 255–266. Courtillot VE, Renne PR (January 2003). "On the ages of flood basalt events".... 143 KB (15,457 words) - 17:41, 22 April 2024 |
Wallula Gap (redirect from Twin Sisters Basalt) ago. They are part of the massive fissure flood basalts of the Columbia River Basalt Group. During the basalt eruptions, the southern and western Columbia... 11 KB (1,156 words) - 06:39, 24 August 2023 |
magazine or cylinder Caribbean large igneous province, in geology, a major flood basalt Confirmed line item performance, a measure of the reliability of supply... 3 KB (387 words) - 00:08, 17 November 2023 |
The Madagascar flood basalt, also known as the Madagascar large igneous province (LIP), is one of the major magmatic events of the Late Cretaceous. They... 7 KB (919 words) - 13:28, 5 April 2023 |
a large shield volcano. It consists of numerous layers of solidified flood basalt that together are more than about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) thick, cover... 28 KB (3,102 words) - 18:07, 26 March 2024 |
The Emeishan Traps constitute a flood basalt volcanic province, or large igneous province, in south-western China, centred in Sichuan province. It is sometimes... 10 KB (1,136 words) - 02:50, 1 January 2024 |
This climate change was probably linked to the eruption of extensive flood basalts as the Wrangellia Terrane was accreted onto the northwestern end of... 43 KB (4,985 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024 |
flood basalts are a sequence of Neoproterozoic continental flood basalts of the Franklin Large Igneous Province on Victoria Island, Canada. The flood... 1 KB (108 words) - 10:39, 21 July 2023 |
Deccan Plateau, a large igneous province, it consists of solidified flood basalt dating back to the Cenozoic era. The peak along with the adjoining hills... 11 KB (1,204 words) - 04:14, 23 April 2024 |
asthenosphere (or upper mantle) beneath the rift area, forming large flood basalt or lava flows. Each eruption occurs in only a part of the plate boundary... 6 KB (761 words) - 07:57, 14 March 2024 |
the oceans. On land, they are very common at plate boundaries and in flood basalt provinces. It has been estimated that volcanic rocks cover about 8% of... 22 KB (2,430 words) - 23:08, 6 March 2024 |
Trap rock (category Flood basalts) Types of trap rock include basalt, peridotite, diabase, and gabbro. Trap is also used to refer to flood (plateau) basalts, e.g. the Deccan Traps and Siberian... 8 KB (852 words) - 17:10, 7 February 2024 |
Trotternish escarpment, the Quiraing was formed when a thick layer of flood basalt spread over the peninsula and destabilized the weak sedimentary rocks... 3 KB (316 words) - 02:39, 27 April 2024 |