Paraná and Etendeka traps
- Paraná and Etendeka traps
The Paraná and Etendeka traps in Brazil, South America comprise a large igneous province which includes both the main Paraná traps as well as the smaller severed portions of the flood basalts at the Etendeka traps in Namibia and Angola. The original basalt flows occurred 128 x 106 to 138 x 106 years ago. The province had a post-flow surface area of 1.5 x 106 km² and an original volume projected to be in excess of 2.3 x 106 km³. [Sur l'âge des trapps basaltiques (On the ages of flood basalt events); Vincent E. Courtillota & Paul R. Renneb; Comptes Rendus Geoscience; Vol: 335 Issue: 1, January, 2003; pp: 113-140 ]
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