Deccan Traps
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The Deccan Traps are a large igneous province of west-central India. They are one of the largest volcanic features on Earth, with lava erupted from multiple volcanic centres. The Traps consist of many
The Western Ghats at Matheran in Maharashtra
Deccan Traps at Ajanta Caves
Sample of tholeiitic basalt from the Deccan Traps
Crystals of epistilbite and calcite in a vug in Deccan Traps basalt lava from Jalgaon District, Maharashtra
Flood basalt
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A flood basalt is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that covers large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava. Many flood basalts have been attributed to the
Deccan Traps
…are one of the largest volcanic features on Earth, with lava erupted from multiple volcanic centres. The Traps consist of many layers of solidified flood basalt that together are more than about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) thick, cover an area of about 500,000 square kilometres (200,000 sq mi), and have a volume of…
Moses Coulee in the US showing multiple flood basalt flows of the Columbia River Basalt Group. The upper basalt is Roza Member, while the lower canyon exposes Frenchmen Springs Member basalt
Ethiopian Highlands basalt
Parana traps
Plume model of flood basalt eruption