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Large igneous provinces / Richard E. Ernst, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University & Ernst Geosciences.

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"Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) are intraplate magmatic events, involving volumes of mainly mafic magma upwards of 100,000 km3, and often above 1 million km3. They are linked to continental break-up, global environmental catastrophes, regional uplift and a variety of ore deposit types. In this...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Ernst, Richard E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Igneous rocks.
Magmatism.
Earth (Planet) > Mantle.
Geodynamics.
Planets > Mantles.
Earth (Planet)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, definition, and general characteristics
  • Essential criteria : distinguishing LIP from non-LIP events
  • Continental flood basalts and volcanic rifted margins
  • Oceanic LIPs : oceanic plateaus and ocean basin flood basalts and their remnants through time
  • Plumbing system of LIPs
  • Archean LIPs
  • Planetary LIPs
  • Silicic (Felsic) LIPs
  • Links with carbonatites, kimberlites, and lamprophyres/lamproites
  • Geochemistry of LIPs
  • LIPs, rifting, and the supercontinent cycle
  • LIPs and topographic changes
  • LIPs and links with contractional structures
  • LIPs and environmental changes and catastrophes
  • Assessing the origin of LIPs
  • LIPs and implications for mineral, hydrocarbon and water resources.

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