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Definition

Types

Motivations for study of LIPs

Large igneous province formation

Formation characteristics

Formation theories

Plume formation of LIPs

Plate-related stress formation of LIPs

Early formed reservoir outpourings

Meteorite-induced formation

Classification

Correlations with LIP formation

Correlation with hot-spots

Relationship to extinction events

Ore deposits

Examples

Large rhyolitic provinces (LRPs)

Large andesitic provinces (LAPs)

Large basaltic provinces (LBPs)

Continental flood basalts

Oceanic flood basalts/ oceanic plateaus

Large basaltic–rhyolitic provinces (LBRPs)

Large plutonic provinces (LPP)

Large granitic provinces (LGP)

Other large plutonic provinces

Silicic-dominated Large Igneous Province (SLIP)

Related structures

Volcanic rifted margins

Dike swarms

Sills

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J-3 Large Igneous Provinces