North Atlantic volcanic province

E502955
geological province large igneous province

The North Atlantic volcanic province is a vast igneous region formed during the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean, characterized by extensive flood basalts, volcanic plateaus, and related magmatic features across Greenland, the British Isles, and surrounding continental margins.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
North Atlantic Igneous Province 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological province ⓘ
large igneous province ⓘ
associatedWith Greenland–Europe rifting ⓘ
Iceland hotspot ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean formation ⓘ
boundaryType passive continental margin ⓘ
characterizedBy continental rift magmatism ⓘ
extensive flood basalt volcanism ⓘ
mantle plume-related magmatism ⓘ
thick basaltic lava successions ⓘ
contains subaerial lava flows ⓘ
subvolcanic intrusions ⓘ
eruptionStyle effusive fissure eruptions ⓘ
extendsTo East Greenland margin ⓘ
Faroe Islands region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irish continental margin ⓘ
West Scotland margin ⓘ
formedDuring opening of the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
geologicalAge Late Cretaceous to early Cenozoic ⓘ
Paleogene NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart central volcanoes ⓘ
dyke swarms ⓘ
flood basalts ⓘ
sills ⓘ
submarine volcanic sequences ⓘ
volcanic plateaus ⓘ
lithology basalt ⓘ
mafic igneous rocks ⓘ
tholeiitic basalts ⓘ
locatedIn British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean margins NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Atlantic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
magmaticAffinity intraplate basaltic magmatism ⓘ
partOf North Atlantic Igneous Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
process continental flood basalt volcanism ⓘ
extensional tectonics ⓘ
seafloor spreading initiation ⓘ
significance example of plume–rift interaction ⓘ
records early stages of North Atlantic rifting ⓘ
studiedIn geochemistry ⓘ
petrology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicSetting breakup of Pangaea ⓘ
rifted continental margin ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vøring Plateau → partOf → North Atlantic volcanic province ⓘ
Azores Plateau → featureOf → North Atlantic volcanic province ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Igneous Province
North Atlantic plate boundary system → associatedWith → North Atlantic volcanic province ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Igneous Province
The Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye → aboutLocation → North Atlantic volcanic province ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Igneous Province