Franklin Large Igneous Province
The Franklin Large Igneous Province is a Neoproterozoic large igneous province in the Canadian Arctic of Northern Canada. It represents one of the largest large igneous provinces in Canada, consisting of the Natkusiak flood basalts on Victoria Island, the on the southern shore of the Coronation Gulf and the large Franklin dike swarm, which extends for more than 1,200 km (750 mi) across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northwestern Greenland.[1] The Franklin Large Igneous Province covers an area of more than 1,100,000 km2 (420,000 sq mi).[2]
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franklin Large Igneous Province. |
Categories:
- Large igneous provinces
- Hotspot volcanism
- Neoproterozoic volcanism
- Proterozoic North America
- Volcanism of the Northwest Territories
- Volcanism of Nunavut
- Geology of Greenland
- Northwest Territories geography stubs
- Nunavut geography stubs
- Greenland geography stubs
- Canadian geology stubs