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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deccan Traps | 2 |
| Columbia River Basalt Group eruptions | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flood basalt volcanism
ⓘ
large igneous province ⓘ volcanic event ⓘ |
| affected |
global carbon cycle
ⓘ
marine ecosystems ⓘ terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
ⓘ
surface form:
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Réunion mantle plume hypothesis ⓘ plume–lithosphere interaction ⓘ |
| beganInPeriod |
Cretaceous
ⓘ
surface form:
Late 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
ⓘ
surface form:
western India
|
| locatedOn | Deccan Plateau ⓘ |
| nameDerivedFrom |
Sanskrit word "dakshina" (Deccan) meaning south
ⓘ
Swedish word "trappa" meaning stairs ⓘ |
| partOf |
Deccan Traps volcanism
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicxulub impact event
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Columbia River Basalt Group eruptions
this entity surface form:
Deccan Traps
this entity surface form:
Deccan Traps