Large Igneous Province
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The Ferrar large igneous province of Antarctica contains significant mafic volcaniclastic deposits, some of which are interpreted to fill large vent complexes. Such a complex was re-examined at Coombs Hills to map individual steep-sided... more
The Caribbean oceanic plateau formed in the Pacific realm when it erupted onto the Farallon plate from the Galapagos hotspot at ˜ 90 Ma. The plateau was subsequently transported to the northeast and collided with the Great Arc of the... more
Three voluminous rhyolitic ignimbrites have been identified along the southern margin of the central Snake River Plain. As a result of wide-scale correlations, new volume estimates can be made for these deposits: ~350 km3 for the Steer... more
The 2004-discovery of the post-perovskite transition initiated a vigorous effort in high-pressure, high-temperature mineralogy and mineral physics, seismology and geodynamics aimed at an improved understanding of the structure and... more