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When was the last time the Deccan Traps erupted?
The last time a volcano erupted was in the 1900's in the USA.
Are the Deccan Traps in India still active?
Yes
How can you differentiate between the Deccan Trap and the true Basement?
basement rocks are more stronger than that of Deccan traps.
What is the velocity range in deccan traps?
the velocity of deccan trap basalt is 4.8-5km/sec,but basement granite has a velocity range of 6.0-6.2km/sec.
Where is the flood basalt province that corresponds to the Hawaiian hotspot?
Good question! Perhaps the Deccan Traps in India?
Where is black soil found?
in Deccan Traps in south-west India,Maharashtra,parts of Tamilnadu,Gujarat,Andra pradesh.
When was The Siberain Traps volcano explosion?
The Siberian Traps erupted about 251 million years ago. The traps comprised a large number of individual eruptions; each eruption of lava may have lasted between 10 and 100 years. The eruptions continued on and off for as much as 1 million years.
Where can be black soil found in India?
In the Deccan Traps in South-West India.References -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_Traps
Why volcano being compared with pressure cooker?
Volcanoes and pressure cookers both involve the build-up and release of pressure. Just like a pressure cooker traps steam until it's released, a volcano traps magma (molten rock) until it erupts through the Earth's crust. The comparison highlights the explosive nature of volcanic eruptions when pressure is released.
Why are pilnian eruptions move violent then hawaiin eruptions?
Plinian eruptions are more violent than Hawaiian eruptions because they involve highly viscous magma that traps gas bubbles, leading to increased pressure buildup and explosive eruptions. In contrast, Hawaiian eruptions involve less viscous magma with low gas content, allowing the gases to escape easily and resulting in more effusive, less explosive eruptions.
What kind of volcano is Decca Traps?
The possibility exists that the Decca Traps flood basalts were the result of volcanic activity triggered by a massive impact just off the western coast of India, where a large impact crater called the Shiva Crater has been discovered. This crater's formation seems to coincide in time (68-60mya) with the formation of the Decca Traps.
What is the decan trap theory?
The Deccan Traps are an area of extensive volcanic activity located in what is now India. This volcanic province was active around the end of the Mesozoic Era (Late Cretaceous Period) approximately 60-70 million years ago. The Deccan Traps were probably one of the largest volcanic complexes to occur on Earth since it's initial formation, spanning nearly half the current area of the country of India at it's peak. The timing of the Deccan Traps should ring bells in the minds of dinosaur enthusiasts: the K/T extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs occurred 65-66 million years ago, right when the Deccan Traps were active. Although it is generally accepted that a large asteroid or comet is largely responsible for this mass extinction, some question as to whether the impact had sufficient aftereffects to cause such widespread damage to the Earth's biosphere. As a consequence, some have proposed that the massive amounts of volcanic and greenhouse gases released during the eruption of the Deccan Traps also played a role in this extinction event. There is also another large volcanic complex known as the Siberian Traps of northern Russia. Unrelated to the Deccan Traps, and much older (~250 million years), the Siberian Traps have been linked to an earlier mass extinction event at the end of the Permian Period.
