Photographic Atlas of Flood Basalt Volcanism

Introduction.- Flood Basalt Landscapes.- Morphology and Architecture of Flood Basalt Lava Flows and Sequences.- Structures formed during Transport, Inflation, and Degassing of Flood Basalt Lavas.- Structures formed during Cooling and Solidification of Flood Basalt Lavas.- Subaqueous Flood Basalt Volcanism, Volcanosedimentary Associations, and Lava-Sediment Interaction.- Explosive Volcanism in Flood Basalt Provinces.- The Intrusive Sub-structure of Flood Basalt Provinces.- Igneous Processes and Magmatic Diversity in Flood Basalt Provinces.- Tectonic Deformation of Flood Basalt Provinces.- Secondary Mineralization in Flood Basalts.- Weathering and Erosion of Flood Basalt Provinces.- Glossary of Terms.- References Cited.- Suggested Reading.- Flood Basalt Index.- Author Index.

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Continental flood basalt provinces;Lava flow types and primary structures;Flood basalt stacks;Intrusive substructures;Magmatic processes;Pyroclastic deposits;Tectonic deformation;Mineralization;Alteration and weathering;flood basalts atlas