Phanerozoic Large Igneous Provinces

A Comparative Approach
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-0-443-31700-2
Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Phanerozoic Large Igneous Provinces: A Comparative Approach offers a comprehensive description of large igneous provinces (LIPs), presenting the geological, geophysical, and geochemical aspects of a selection of Phanerozoic LIPs. The formation of these magmatic provinces, often associated with rapid emplacement, continental break-up, mineral deposits, and mass extinctions, remains a subject of debate and discovery. This book provides a foundational framework by utilizing a template format to facilitate chapter-by-chapter comparisons of the salient features of LIPs. Arranged chronologically, each chapter contributes to a better understanding of large igneous provinces as a whole and allows the reader to appreciate the similarities and differences between individual LIPs. With contributions by experts on each LIP, this book equips readers with state-of-the-art information on 19 important LIPs, including descriptions of geological setting, geophysical characteristics, petrogenesis, volcanology and emplacement mechanisms, geochronology, mineralogy, as well as historical context, unique features, and syntheses. This book presents a new way of looking at LIPs and provides a valuable resource for any reader interested in these
fascinating geological phenomena.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shellnutt, Gregory

Denyszyn, Steve

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Central Iapetus Large Igneous Province
3. Kalkarindji flood basalts
4. Viluy Flood Basalts
5. Northern Appalachians Late Silurian-Early Devonian LIP
6. Maritimes Basin Basalts
7. Oslo Graben flood basalts
8. Panjal Traps
9. Tarim Large Igneous Province
10. Emeishan Large Igneous Province
11. Siberian Traps
12. Central Atlantic Magmatic Province
13. Karoo-Ferrar Large Igneous Province
14. Parana-Etendeka Large Igneous Province
15. Ontong-Java Oceanic Plateau
16. Kerguelen Oceanic Plateau
17. Rajmahal Traps
18. High Arctic Large Igneous Province
19. Caribbean Plateau
20. Late Cretaceous Madagascar flood basalts
21. Deccan Traps
22. North Atlantic Tertiary Province
23. Northern Cordillera Late Paleocene-Early Eocene LIP
24. Ethiopian Traps
25. Columbia River flood basalts
26. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Shellnutt, Gregory
J. Gregory Shellnutt is a chair professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan. His
research focuses on the geochemistry and geochronology of magmatic rocks from large igneous provinces, Precambrian
mafic dyke swarms, the Central African Orogenic Belt, and the Appalachian Orogeny. He received the Young Scientist Medal
from the Mineralogical Association of Canada and Academia Sinica (Taiwan), the National Science and Technology Council
(Taiwan) Outstanding Research Award in 2015 and 2022, and the Ma Ting Ying and Wang Hanzhuo awards from the Geological
Society of Taiwan. Greg is currently the co-editor-in-chief of Lithos, co-editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Mineralogy
and Petrology, associate editor of Journal of the Geological Society of India, and associate editor of Frontiers in Earth Sciences.

Denyszyn, Steve
Steven W. Denyszyn is an associate professor with the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland,
Canada. His previous affiliations include the University of Toronto, the Berkeley Geochronology Center, and the University of
Western Australia. He primarily uses high-precision U-Pb geochronology to study the timing and rates of igneous processes,
particularly large igneous provinces and magmatic ore deposits, as well as mass extinctions, paleocontinental reconstructions,
and tectonics.