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Write a short note on flood basalt provinces. |
| Answer» <html><body><p></p>Solution :These volcanoes outpour highly fluid lava that flows for long distances. <br/>(i) Some parts of the world are covered by thousands of sq. km of thick basalt lavaflows. <br/> (ii) There can be a series of flows with some flows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/attaining-7661952" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ATTAINING">ATTAINING</a> thickness of more than 50 m. <br/>(<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/iii-497983" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about III">III</a>) Individual flows <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/may-557248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAY">MAY</a> extend for <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hundreds-1033666" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HUNDREDS">HUNDREDS</a> of km. <br/>(<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/iv-501699" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about IV">IV</a>) The Deccan Traps from India, presently covering most of the Maharashtra plateau, are a much larger flood basalt province. <br/>iv) It is believed that initially the trapformations covered a much larger area than the present.</body></html> | |