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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deccan Traps | 3 |
| Deccan Traps volcanism canonical | 2 |
| Columbia River Basalt Group eruptions | 1 |
| Deccan Traps basalt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Deccan Traps volcanism Context triple: [Cretaceous, associatedWith, Deccan Traps volcanism]
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Cascade Volcanic Arc
The Cascade Volcanic Arc is a major chain of active and dormant volcanoes in western North America, stretching from northern California through Oregon and Washington into British Columbia.
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Pacific Ring of Fire
The Pacific Ring of Fire is a vast, horseshoe-shaped zone encircling the Pacific Ocean that is renowned for its intense seismic activity, frequent earthquakes, and numerous active volcanoes.
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Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac was a renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized "Incan princess" persona in mid-20th-century popular and classical music.
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D.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a vast underwater mountain range and divergent tectonic plate boundary running down the center of the Atlantic Ocean, where new oceanic crust is formed.
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E.
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone is a major deep-sea transform fault system in the North Atlantic Ocean that offsets and disrupts the continuity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Deccan Traps volcanism Target entity description: 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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A.
Cascade Volcanic Arc
The Cascade Volcanic Arc is a major chain of active and dormant volcanoes in western North America, stretching from northern California through Oregon and Washington into British Columbia.
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B.
Pacific Ring of Fire
The Pacific Ring of Fire is a vast, horseshoe-shaped zone encircling the Pacific Ocean that is renowned for its intense seismic activity, frequent earthquakes, and numerous active volcanoes.
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C.
Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac was a renowned Peruvian soprano celebrated for her extraordinary vocal range and exoticized "Incan princess" persona in mid-20th-century popular and classical music.
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D.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a vast underwater mountain range and divergent tectonic plate boundary running down the center of the Atlantic Ocean, where new oceanic crust is formed.
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E.
Thar Desert
The Thar Desert is a vast arid region in northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, known for its sand dunes, extreme climate, and sparse vegetation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flood basalt volcanism
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large igneous province ⓘ volcanic event ⓘ |
| affected |
global carbon cycle
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marine ecosystems ⓘ terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
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surface form:
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Réunion mantle plume hypothesis ⓘ plume–lithosphere interaction ⓘ |
| beganInPeriod |
Cretaceous
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surface form:
Late Cretaceous
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| characterizedBy |
high eruption rates
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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
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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
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global climatic change ⓘ global warming ⓘ mass extinction of non-avian dinosaurs ⓘ ocean acidification ⓘ stratospheric sulfate aerosols ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Western India
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surface form:
western India
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| locatedOn | Deccan Plateau ⓘ |
| nameDerivedFrom |
Sanskrit word "dakshina" (Deccan) meaning south
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Swedish word "trappa" meaning stairs ⓘ |
| partOf |
Deccan Traps volcanism
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Deccan Traps
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| produced |
step-like trap topography
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thick basaltic lava flows ⓘ |
| rankedAs | one of the largest flood basalt provinces on Earth ⓘ |
| recordedIn | basalt stratigraphy of the Deccan Traps ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
geochronology
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mass extinction research ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ volcanology ⓘ |
| studiedUsing |
argon–argon dating
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uranium–lead zircon dating ⓘ |
| temporallyOverlaps |
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
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surface form:
Chicxulub impact event
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