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large igneous province: a standalone construct

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large igneousprovince1 CONSTRUCTLarge igneous provinceCOFFIN · VOLCANOLOGY

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Volcanology

a vast, rapidly emplaced volume of mainly mafic igneous rock not tied to normal plate boundary processes.

In volcanology, large igneous province refers to a vast, rapidly emplaced volume of mainly mafic igneous rock not tied to normal plate boundary processes. This meaning comes from Coffin (1994) in Reviews of Geophysics.[1]

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  1. Coffin, M. F., & Eldholm, O. (1994). Large igneous provinces: Crustal structure, dimensions, and external consequences. Reviews of Geophysics, 32(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1029/93rg02508

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