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Large igneous province (Geomorphology 🏞️)
A large igneous province is an extremely large accumulation of igneous rocks, including intrusive and extrusive, arising when magma travels through the crust towards the surface. The formation of LIPs is variously attributed to mantle plumes or to processes associated with divergent plate tectonics. The formation o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_igneous_province
#LargeIgneousProvince #Orogeny #Petrology #Volcanology #FloodBasalts #IgneousRocks
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List of flood basalt provinces (Earth sciences 🌍)
Representative continental flood basalts and oceanic plateaus, together forming a listing of large igneous provinc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flood_basalt_provinces
#ListOfFloodBasaltProvinces #FloodBasalts #EarthSciences #Geomorphology #OceanicPlateaus #HistoricalGeology
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Large igneous province (Petrology 💎)
A large igneous province is an extremely large accumulation of igneous rocks, including intrusive and extrusive, arising when magma travels through the crust towards the surface. The formation of LIPs is variously attributed to mantle plumes or to processes associated with divergent plate tectonics. The formation of som...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_igneous_province
#LargeIgneousProvince #Orogeny #Petrology #Volcanology #FloodBasalts #IgneousRocks