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Wikipedia: A flood basalt is the result of a giant […]

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Chris Machens

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July 22, 2014

Wikipedia: A flood basalt is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that coats large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava. Flood basalt provinces are often called traps, which derives from the characteristic stairstep morphology of many associated landscapes.

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