The Central Atlantic magmatic province : insights from fragments of Pangea /

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Imprint:Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, c2003.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 267 p.) : ill., maps.
Language:English
Series:Geophysical monograph ; 136
Geophysical monograph ; 136.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9130062
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Other authors / contributors:Hames, W. (Willis), 1960-
McHone, J.G.
Renne, P.
Ruppel, C.
ISBN:0875909957
9780875909950
1118668774 (electronic bk.)
9781118668771 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 136.

A singular event in Earth's history occurred roughly 200 million years ago, as rifting of the largest and most recent supercontinent was joined by basaltic volcanism that formed the most extensive large igneous province (LIP) known. A profound and widespread mass extinction of terrestrial and marine genera occurred at about the same time, suggesting a causal link between the biological transitions of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary and massive volcanism. A series of stratigraphic, geochronologic, petrologic, tectonic, and geophysical studies have led to the identification of the dispersed remnants of this Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) on the rifted margins of four continents. Current discoveries are generally interpreted to indicate that CAMP magmatism occurred in a relative and absolute interval of geologic time that was brief, and point to mechanisms of origin and global environmental effects. Because many of these discoveries have occurred within the past several years, in this monograph we summarize new observations and provide an up-to-date review of the province.

Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 267 p.) : ill., maps.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0875909957
9780875909950
1118668774
9781118668771