The timing and duration of the Karoo igneous event, southern Gondwana
A volcanic event of immense scale occurred within a relatively short period in early Jurassic time over large regions of the contiguous Gondwana supercontinent. In southern Africa, associated remnants of thick volcanic successions of lava flows and extensive dike and sill complexes of similar compos...
Published in: | Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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1997
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149485 http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:38857 https://doi.org/10.1029/97JB00972 |
Summary: | A volcanic event of immense scale occurred within a relatively short period in early Jurassic time over large regions of the contiguous Gondwana supercontinent. In southern Africa, associated remnants of thick volcanic successions of lava flows and extensive dike and sill complexes of similar composition have been grouped together as the Karoo Igneous Province. Correlative volcanic and plutonic rocks occur in Antarctica and Australia as the Ferrar Province. |
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