Deccan Traps - Wikipedia
The Deccan Traps region was reduced to its current size by erosion and plate tectonics; the present area of directly observable lava flows is around 500,000 km 2 (200,000 sq mi). The …
What are the Deccan Traps? Earth's Colossal Lava Flows Explained
Instead, the Deccan Traps are what geologists call a “flood basalt.” That means they formed when enormous amounts of lava erupted from cracks in the Earth’s surface, flooding the land like a …
Deccan Traps | Volcano World | Oregon State University
The Deccan Traps are flood basalts similar to the Columbia River basalts of the northwestern United States. This photo shows a thick stack of basalt lava flows north of Mahabaleshwar.
Deccan Traps - IUGS
Deccan Traps panorama looking east from Kate’s Point, Mahabaleshwar. The peaks rise ~1400 meters above sea level and ~600 meters above the Krishna river valley. The best-studied …
Deccan Traps - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The Deccan Traps is defined as a large flood basalt province located on the Deccan Plateau in west-central India, consisting of over 2000 m of flat-lying basalt lava flows covering an area of …
Deccan Traps: Volcanic Climate Change & Dinosaur Die-Offs
The Deccan Traps date back to around 66 million years ago, when magma from deep inside Earth erupted to the surface. In some parts of the Deccan Traps, the volcanic layers are more than …
Deccan Volcanism caused the mass extinction 66 million years ...
Deccan Traps Volcanic Mountains in western India near Pune. Deccan eruptions accumulated over 350,000 years in horizontal Lava flows covering an area the size of France to a height of …