Large igneous provinces: crustal structure, dimensions, and external consequences

• Main Authors: Coffin, M.F., Eldholm, O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Kerguelen; Broken Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/152420/; http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1994/93RG02508.shtml

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are a continuum of voluminous iron and magnesium rich rock emplacements which include continental flood basalts and associated intrusive rocks, volcanic passive margins, oceanic plateaus, submarine ridges, seamount groups, and ocean basin flood basalts. Such provinces...