Ancient Massive Lava Flows Had Two Sources When Africa and Antarctica Split
The modern continents were formed when Pangea broke into pieces in the Mesozoic time. The splitting of Africa from Antarctica started with great magma eruptions that flooded over an area millions of square kilometres wide.
Remnants of the ancient ocean of lava, the so-called Karoo magma province, are still widespread in southern Africa and have been also discovered in Antarctica. Dr Arto Luttinen from the Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, has studied the lava formations on both continents with his grou
Credit: Arto Luttinen
“Previous geophysical research has indicated features suggestive of mantle plumes, whereas geochemical studies have concluded based on lava compositions that there was no plume and that the magmas formed when the temperature of the upper mantle gradually got higher under Pangea. The supercontinent acted like a kettle lid” Luttinen summarises.
The previous studies of magma sources have mainly focused on a certain part of the widespread lava formation, however. The study published on March 27 in the international journal Scientific Reports scrutinised compositions of lava samples across the whole region of ancient magma eruptions. Their chemical signatures indicate that lavas in different areas had a different origin.
Lava layers of the Karoo magma province are found at the Vestfjella mountains, Antarctica.
Credit: Arto Luttinen
The research was funded by the Academy of Finland and is a part of the VALVE project (Volatiles and large volcanic eruptions).
Arto Luttinen
University of Helsinki
Source: https://www.ineffableisland.com/2018/04/ancient-massive-lava-flows-had-two.html
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