The Giant Lavas of Kalkarindji: rubbly pāhoehoe lava in an ancient continental flood basalt province

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Marshall, Peter E., Widdowson, Mike, Murphy, David T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/43555/; https://oro.open.ac.uk/43555/1/Marshall%20et%20al.%202015%20-%20pre-print.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.05.006

The Kalkarindji continental flood basalt province of northern Australia erupted in the mid Cambrian (c. 511-505 Ma). It now consists of scattered basaltic lava fields, the most extensive being the Antrim Plateau Volcanics (APV) - a semi-continuous outcrop (c. 50,000 km 2 ) reaching a maximum thickne...