Deccan Traps volcanism

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Deccan Traps volcanism refers to one of Earth’s largest known volcanic flood basalt events in western India, linked to mass extinction and major climatic changes near the end of the Cretaceous period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flood basalt volcanism ⓘ
large igneous province ⓘ
volcanic event ⓘ
affected global carbon cycle ⓘ
marine ecosystems ⓘ
terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ
associatedWith Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event ⓘ
Réunion mantle plume hypothesis ⓘ
plume–lithosphere interaction ⓘ
beganInPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
linked to: Cretaceous
characterizedBy high eruption rates ⓘ
multiple eruptive phases ⓘ
short pulses of intense activity ⓘ
continuedIntoPeriod Early Paleogene ⓘ
coversArea hundreds of thousands of square kilometers ⓘ
debatedAsCauseOf K–Pg boundary environmental crisis ⓘ
emitted carbon dioxide ⓘ
halogens ⓘ
methane ⓘ
sulfur dioxide ⓘ
eruptedFrom numerous fissure vents ⓘ
hasAge around 66 million years ⓘ
hasEstimatedOriginalVolume >1,000,000 cubic kilometers of basalt ⓘ
hasExposedVolume approximately 500,000 cubic kilometers of basalt ⓘ
hasGlobalSignificance major driver of end-Cretaceous environmental change ⓘ
hasTypeRock tholeiitic basalt ⓘ
linkedTo acid rain ⓘ
global climatic change ⓘ
global warming ⓘ
mass extinction of non-avian dinosaurs ⓘ
ocean acidification ⓘ
stratospheric sulfate aerosols ⓘ
locatedIn western India ⓘ
linked to: Western India
locatedOn Deccan Plateau ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Sanskrit word "dakshina" (Deccan) meaning south ⓘ
Swedish word "trappa" meaning stairs ⓘ
partOf Deccan Traps ⓘ
produced step-like trap topography ⓘ
thick basaltic lava flows ⓘ
rankedAs one of the largest flood basalt provinces on Earth ⓘ
recordedIn basalt stratigraphy of the Deccan Traps ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline geochronology ⓘ
mass extinction research ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
studiedUsing argon–argon dating ⓘ
uranium–lead zircon dating ⓘ
temporallyOverlaps Chicxulub impact event ⓘ

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Cretaceous → associatedWith → Deccan Traps volcanism ⓘ
Deccan Traps volcanism → partOf → Deccan Traps ⓘ
linked to: Deccan Traps volcanism
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary → relatedTo → Deccan Traps volcanism ⓘ
Columbia Plateau → formedBy → Columbia River Basalt Group eruptions ⓘ
linked to: Deccan Traps volcanism
Deccan Plateau → geologicalFeature → Deccan Traps ⓘ
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Malwa Plateau → geology → Deccan Traps basalt ⓘ
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Deccan region → hasGeologicalFeature → Deccan Traps ⓘ
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Waghora River valley → hasRockType → Deccan Traps basalt ⓘ
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Ajanta Range → geology → Deccan Traps basalt ⓘ
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Réunion volcanic province → hasPart → Deccan Traps ⓘ
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Indian Shield → underlies → Deccan Traps volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Deccan Traps volcanism
Purandar plateau → partOf → Deccan Traps ⓘ
linked to: Deccan Traps volcanism