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The Siberian Traps (Russian: Сибирские траппы, romanized: Sibirskiye trappy) are a large region of volcanic rock, known as a large igneous province, in Siberia, Russia. The massive eruptive event that formed the traps is one of the largest known volcanic events in the last 500 million years.
The Siberian Traps eruptions had unusual features that made them even more dangerous. The Siberian lithosphere is rich in halogens extremely destructive to the ozone layer, and evidence from subcontinental lithospheric xenoliths indicates that as much as 70% of their halogen content was released into the atmosphere. [360]
Late eruptions of the Siberian Traps Griesbachian-Dienerian boundary-event 252 Late eruptions of the Siberian Traps [22] Permian: Permian–Triassic extinction event: 252 Ma Large igneous province (LIP) eruptions [23] from the Siberian Traps, [24] an impact event (the Wilkes Land Crater), [25] an Anoxic event, [26] an Ice age, [27] or other ...
The Siberian Traps was a vast area of volcanic activity in Eurasia that led to the biggest mass extinction 252 million years ago. The distant mountains are remains of basalt lava flows, and the ...
Siberian Traps at Red Stones Lake. The eruption of flood basalts has been linked with mass extinctions. For example, the Deccan Traps, erupted at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, may have contributed to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. [42]
Extent of the Siberian Traps large igneous province (map in German) Highly active periods of volcanism in what are called large igneous provinces have produced huge oceanic plateaus and flood basalts in the past. These can comprise hundreds of large eruptions, producing millions of cubic kilometers of lava in total.
The extent of the Siberian Traps (map in German) (from Siberian Traps) Image 16 An Indigenous Siberian shaman at Kranoyarsk Regional Museum, Russia (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia ) Image 17 Koryak men starting a fire (from Indigenous peoples of Siberia )
Representative continental flood basalts (also known as traps) and oceanic plateaus, together forming a listing of large igneous provinces: [1] Era Period [ a ]