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

• Published in: Reviews of Geophysics
• Main Authors: Coffin, MF, Eldholm, O
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 1994
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Marine Geoscience; Broken Ridge; Kerguelen; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/93RG02508; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/73827

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are a continuumof voluminous iron and magnesium rich rockemplacements which include continental flood basaltsand associated intrusive rocks, volcanic passive margins,oceanic plateaus, submarine ridges, seamountgroups, and ocean basin flood basalts. Such provincesdo not...