Sentences with phrase «magmatic province»

Shellnutt (2017), in a succinct review of the Panjal Traps (c. 290 Ma), an important component of the Himalayan magmatic province, discusses the synchronous nature of basalts, that chemically range from continental tholeiite to ocean - floor basalt, and crustally derived silicic volcanic rocks (rhyolites and trachytes: 206Pb / 238U zircon in situ age of 289 ± 3 Ma), that developed in a shallow lithospheric rift with significant mingling between crustal melts and mafic magmas.

This «central Atlantic magmatic province», aka CAMP, released carbon dioxide and other compounds into the atmosphere — supposedly triggering global warming, acid rain and widespread extinctions.

This «central Atlantic magmatic province» (CAMP) released carbon dioxide and sulphurous compounds into the atmosphere — supposedly triggering global warming, acid rain and widespread extinctions on land and at sea.