Basalt Floods. The theory behind such occurences and the effects and evidence of such floods on the earth.
Title: Basalt Floods. The theory behind such occurences and the effects and evidence of such floods on the earth.
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 606 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Basalt Floods. The theory behind such occurences and the effects and evidence of such floods on the earth.
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 606 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Basalt Floods
Millions of years ago, lava flows poured molten rock over huge areas of the
world. These eruptions, known as basalt floods, hurled noxious gases fro
Earth's interior into the atmosphere. Toxic clouds ravaged the environment and
may have triggered mass extinction. The weathered remains of flood basalt can
still be seen around the world. but scientists do not yet understand the cause
of such vast eruptions. It is such a mystery that a …showed first 75 words of 606 total…
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in time - virtually a whole flood basalt field fits within the errors on some of
the dates. Geologists still do not agree on the frequency of flood eruptions.
They are not even sure if the atmospheric effects woul leave the Earth hotter or
cooler. It may take a fresh basalt flood to establish the facts- and if the
Deccan eruption did kill the dinosaurs, another black tide would be bad news for
us.