Flood basalts

massive volcanic formation resulting from flood basalt eruptions

formation of dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic intrusive or extrusive igneous rock

result of a very large volume eruption of basalt lava

mountain in Nova Scotia, Canada

large igneous province in the North Atlantic, centered on Iceland

The Karoo and Ferrar large igneous provinces (LIPs), in Southern Africa and Antarctica respectively, collectively known as the Karoo-Ferrar, Gondwana, or Southeast African LIP, are associated with the initial break-up of the Gondwana supercontinent at . Its flood basalt mostly covers South Africa and Antarctica, but portions extend further into southern Africa and into South America, India, Australia and New Zealand.

Region of the Fraser Plateau in British Columbia, Canada