Deccan Traps Lava Flows (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Deccan Traps Lava Flows

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Mark Richads sampling a weathered zone between two lava flows of the Deccan Traps, near the town of Mahabeleshwar, India. These zones, locally called "red boles," may represent periods of time elapsed between the eruption of successive gigantic lava flows.

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Paul Renne, Berkeley Geochronology Center & UC Berkeley

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