The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province: Insights From Fragments of Pangea (Geophysical Monograph Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875909957 ISBN 13: 9780875909950

Publisher: American Geophysical Union, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 136

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W. E. Hames and J. G. McHone are the authors of The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province: Insights From Fragments of Pangea, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Geophysical Union
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0875909957
• ISBN 13: 9780875909950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Hames W. E., McHone J. G., Renne P. R., Ruppel Carolyn