what is the largest lavaflow in the world
Brian Baum
Dear Brian,
I don't think they have been given individual names, but probably any one
of numerous flood basalt flows that together make up the Deccan Traps
flood basalt province would be the biggest. There is also a flood basalt
province in the NW USA, called the Columbia River Basalts. These have
been mapped out flow-by-flow, but they're all pretty puny compared to the
Deccan Traps flows (NW India). There is also a province called the
Siberian Traps which is reputed to be bigger than the Deccan, but so
little is known about it.
Scott Rowland, University of Hawaii
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