Paraná and Etendeka traps
Large igneous province in South America and Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Paraná-Etendeka Large Igneous Province (PE-LIP) (or Paraná and Etendeka Plateau; or Paraná and Etendeka Province) is a large igneous province that includes both the main Paraná traps (in Paraná Basin, a South American geological basin) as well as the smaller severed portions of the flood basalts at the Etendeka traps (in northwest Namibia and southwest Angola). The original basalt flows occurred 136 to 132 million years ago. The province had a post-flow surface area of 1,000,000 square kilometres (390,000 sq mi) and an original volume projected to be in excess of 2.3 x 106 km3.[1][2]
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Paraná and Etendeka traps
Paraná and Etendeka Plateau or Paraná and Etendeka Province | |
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Location | eastern Brazil, Uruguay, northwest Namibia & southwest Angola |
Part of | Paraná Basin |
Offshore water bodies | Southern Atlantic |
Age | Early Cretaceous 138-128 Ma |
Formed by | Break-up of Pangaea |
Geology | Serra Geral Formation |
Area | |
• Total | 1,500,000 km2 (580,000 sq mi) |
Last eruption | Barremian |
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