Role of Large Igneous Provinces in continental break-up varying from “Shirker” to “Producer”

Abstract Traditionally, the emplacement of the Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) is considered to have caused continental break-up. However, this does not always seem to be the case, as illustrated by, for example, the Siberian Traps, one of the most voluminous flood basalt events in Earth history, whi...

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Main Authors: Alexander Koptev, Sierd Cloetingh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01191-9