Large Igneous Province - Examples of Large Igneous Provinces

Examples of Large Igneous Provinces

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There are a number of well documented examples of large igneous provinces identified by geological research.

Province Region Age (Ma) Area (106 km2 Volume (106 km3 Also known as or includes Reference
Columbia River Basalt Northwestern USA 17-to-6 0.16 0.175
Afro-Arabia Yemen-Ethiopia 31-to-25 0.6 0.35 Ethiopia
North Atlantic Igneous Province Northern Canada, Greenland, the Faeroe Islands, Norway, Ireland and Scotland 62-to-55 1.3 6.6 High Arctic Large Igneous Province

Jameson Land Thulean Plateau
Deccan Traps India & southern Pakistan 65.5 0.5 - 0.8 0.5 - 1
Madagascar 88
Rajmahal Traps 116
Ontong-Java Plateau Pacific Ocean ~122 1.86 8.4 Manihiki Plateau and Hikurangi Plateau
Paraná and Etendeka traps Brazil–Namibia 134-to-129 1.5 >1 Equatorial Atlantic Magmatic Province

Brazilian Highlands
Karoo-Ferrar Province South Africa, Antarctica, Australia & New Zealand 183-to-180 0.15-to-2 0.3
Central Atlantic magmatic province Northern South America, Northwest Africa, Iberia, Eastern North America 197-to-199 ~10 ~2.5
Siberian Traps Russia 250 1.5 - 3.9 0.9 - >2
Emeishan Traps Southwestern China 253-to-250 0.25 ~0.3
Warakurna large igneous province Australia 1078-to-1073 1.5 Eastern Pilbara


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