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 Flood Basalt Provinces - John Seach

Flood basalt provinces are the largest volcanic events on earth. They are characterised by extrusion
of large volumes of low viscosity basaltic magma.

The largest flood basalt provinces

Ontong Java (Solomon Islands, undersea) Volume 57 million cubic km.
Deccan Traps (India)
Siberian Traps (Siberia)
Columbia River (USA)
Parana (South America)
Karoo (South Africa)
 

Flood Basalt Province
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