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flood basalt

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a very extensive lava flow of basaltic composition that has issued from a fissure, often to be found as part of a series of such flows one on top of another, forming a plateau See fissure eruption

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basalt			Another sheet, discovered in western India and known as the Deccan flood basalt, is believed to have formed 66 million years ago. Big bangs theory blames lava fields for mass extinctions by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk The poorly understood relationship of plumes to Neogene continental margin uplift is also apparent in the close correlation of extreme topography to flood basalt exposures in both East and West Greenland. The North Atlantic Igneous Province: Stratigraphy, Tectonic, Volcanic ... by Harrison, J. Christopher / Geoscience Canada Another large igneous province, the Columbia River continental flood basalt in the Pacific Northwest, encompasses only 3 percent of Ontong Java's volume. Exploring large subsea igneous provinces by Coffin, Millard F.; Eldholm, Olav / Oceanus			flock Flock bed flock duck flock paper flock wallpaper Flocking fowl Flockling Flockly Flockmel Flocky Flodden floe Floe rat flog flog off flogger flogging Flogging chisel Flogging hammer flokati Flon flong flood Flood anchor flood back flood basalt flood control Flood fence Flood gate flood in flood lamp Flood mark flood out flood plain flood tide Floodage flooded flooded gum flooder floodgate floodgates floodhead flooding floodlight floodlighted floodlighting floodlit floodplain floodwall floodwater floodway			Flomasta ventilator Flomax Flomaxtra FloMo Flon Flonase Flong Flong Floob Floob flood flood flood flood flood Flood (Bible) Flood (Bible) Flood (Bible) Flood (disambiguation) Flood (disambiguation) Flood Action Plan Flood Alleviation Scheme Flood anchor Flood and Coastal Defence Flood and Coastal Defence Project Appraisal Guidance Flood and Erosion Control Board flood back Flood barrier Flood barrier Flood barrier flood basalt Flood basin Flood Boundary and Floodway Map Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps Flood Brook Union School Flood Chute flood coat flood control flood control flood control Flood Control (Computer Science) Flood Control (Computer Science) Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act Flood Control and Coastal Emergency program Flood Control and Water Conservation District Flood Control Assistance Account Program Flood Control Catchments Flood Control District Flood Control Handbook Flood Control Zone Districts Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation Project flood coverage flood current flood dam Flood Damage Flood Damage Flood Damage Flood Damage Flood Damage Prevention Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance

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