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Deccan Traps, India

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The Deccan Traps lava flows occupy a large part of India (red). The UC Berkeley team collected samples for dating and analysis at spots within the black rectangle near Mumbai.

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[Credit: Paul Renne, Berkeley Geochronology Center]

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