Basalt Layers (image)

University of California - Riverside

Caption

Layered volcanic rocks in Eastern Greenland that are up to 4 miles thick were formed during ancient volcanic eruptions that caused a global warming event called the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM).

Credit

Michael Storey, Natural History Museum of Denmark

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