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Deccan trap
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Deccan trap [′dekĀ·ən ′trap]
(geology)


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Geoscientists believe the Deccan Traps and other flood basalts form when narrow plumes of hot rock rise through the mantle and burn through the crust.
The topic of eruptions and extinctions heated up this spring when scientists reported new evidence linking India's Deccan Traps with the infamous Cretaceous extinctions.
This broken line begins on the west coast of India at the 65-million-year-old volcanic site called the Deccan Traps (SN: 4/18/87, p.
 
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