Talk:Flood basalt

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[edit] Renaming

It seems to me that this article is mostly, if not all, about Continental flood basalts, which is in sore need of a home; does anyone object against renaming it as such and redirecting Flood basalt to it?

I'm not aware of any oceanic flood basalts that aren't just seafloor spreading, but I'm unsure that there aren't any (or I would have just gone ahead with the above edit).Archaen sax 00:48, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Flood basalts are not ordinary basaltic lava flows—they are exceptionally large ones that expel huge volumes of lava and often cover large areas, as happened in Lakagigar. The largest ones are large igneous provinces. Read up. "Flood basalt" is also a perfectly valid geological term that holds its own in deep study. - Gilgamesh 07:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Needs lotsa work

Lots to do here. ties in with LIPS, ocean plateaus, mantle plumes. whole books written on this topic. i have some other committments now but can come back and help later. Geodoc 07:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Almost forgot: oceanic plateaux are the oceanic equivalent of continental flood basalt; they are not ridge related. both form from plumes. Many examples, need to list. New data suggest eruption of 85-90% volume in less than one million years. Geodoc 07:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC)