The Deccan Traps are a large igneous province of west-central India (17–24°N, 73–74°E). They are one of the largest volcanic features on Earth, taking...
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The northwestern part of the Deccan Plateau, a Precambrian shield, is partially covered by the Deccan Traps ("Deccan steps"), a large igneous province...
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Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (section Deccan Traps)
carbonate (coccolithophorids and molluscs). Before 2000, arguments that the Deccan Traps flood basalts caused the extinction were usually linked to the view that...
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Other causal or contributing factors to the extinction may have been the Deccan Traps and other volcanic eruptions, climate change, and sea level change. However...
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Dinosaur (section Deccan Traps)
eruptions, the role of the Deccan Traps in the K-Pg extinction remains unclear. Before 2000, arguments that the Deccan Traps eruptions—as opposed to the...
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alternate theories. The Deccan Traps theory was first proposed in 1978 by geologist Dewey McLean but quickly lost traction. The Deccan Traps are an area of volcanic...
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portal Siberia portal List of flood basalt provinces Deccan Traps Emeishan Traps Viluy Traps Trap rock Kamo, SL (2003). "Rapid eruption of Siberian flood-volcanic...
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Flood basalt (redirect from Trap basalt)
via a mantle plume. Flood basalt provinces such as the Deccan Traps of India are often called traps, after the Swedish word trappa (meaning "staircase")...
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Columnar jointing (section Deccan Traps)
the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group 30,000 years ago. The late Cretaceous Deccan Traps of India constitute one of the largest volcanic provinces of Earth, and...
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diabase, and gabbro. Trap is also used to refer to flood (plateau) basalts, such as the Deccan Traps and Siberian Traps. The erosion of trap rock created by...
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Deccan Traps (India) Coppermine River Group (Canadian Shield) Midcontinent Rift System, Great Lakes Region, North America Paraná and Etendeka traps (Paraná...
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University, have proposed an alternate culprit: the eruption of the Deccan Traps in what is now the Indian subcontinent. This period of intense volcanism...
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(Bororó and Salamanca Formations). Many species were described from the Deccan Traps in India.[citation needed] A number of species from the Cretaceous and...
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geographical land area can be classified into the Deccan Traps, Gondwana and Vindhyan. The Deccan Traps covers almost all of Maharashtra, a part of Gujarat...
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terrestrial climates and ocean temperatures may have been caused by Deccan Traps volcanic gassing, leading to dramatic global climate change. This evidence...
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city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is the fifth-most populous urban area in Maharashtra after...
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of this hotspot 65 million years ago is thought to have laid down the Deccan Traps, a vast bed of basalt lava that covers part of central India, and opened...
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basalts included the Deccan Traps in India, the Chilcotin Group in British Columbia, Canada, the Paraná Traps in Brazil, the Siberian Traps in Russia, the Karoo...
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the Emeishan Traps were eroded and their minerals became encased in coals that formed after their emplacement. Deccan Traps Viluy Traps List of flood...
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this phase, the pace of the extinctions and the potential role of the Deccan Traps volcanism in India were major subjects of interest. In 1980, father and...
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eruptions. Large igneous provinces, such as Iceland, the Siberian Traps, Deccan Traps, and the Ontong Java Plateau, are extensive regions of basalts on...
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Maastrichtian, a process that has been suggested to be the creation of the Deccan Traps. Soon after, the land mass moved northward rather quickly, until contact...
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(MD) state found in these rocks are uncommon in the Deccan Traps and non-existent in the Rajmahal Traps. Six selected samples from the islands were subject...
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Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh, India, associated with the Deccan Traps. It is of the Maastrichtian age (Late Cretaceous), and is notable for...
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deccan traps in small patches. Most part of the District is covered by granitoids. A small portion in the northwestern part is occupied by the Deccan...
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Formation). In the area that is now India, massive lava beds called the Deccan Traps were erupted in the very late Cretaceous and early Paleocene. Palynological...
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"Rajahmundry Traps: Deccan traps" (PDF). The Rajahmundry Traps, Andhra Pradesh: Evaluation of their petrogenesis relative to the Deccan Traps. Indian Academy...
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populated areas of the world. The eastern and western coastal regions of Deccan traps are also densely populated regions of India. The Thar desert in western...
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creating a plateau known as the Deccan Traps. It has been hypothesized that either the crater or the Deccan Traps associated with the area is the reason...
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alluvial deposits lie above the Deccan Traps along the major rivers. The basaltic lava flows belonging to the Deccan Traps are the only major geological...
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