What is Central Atlantic magmatic province?
[[File:CAMP Magmatism in the context of Pangea.jpg|thumb|280px|The area as it was then]] The '''Central Atlantic magmatic province''' ('''CAMP''') is the result of a huge volcanic outburst which started at the end of the [[Triassic]] period. It is the Earth's biggest continental [[large igneous province]], with an area of about 11 million km<sup>2</sup>. It is mainly of [[basalt]], and formed before the breakup of [[Pangaea]] in the [[Mesozoic]] [[Era]]. It may have caused the [[end-Triassic extinction event]].<ref>Percival L.M.E. ''et al'' 2017. Mercury evidence for pulsed volcanism during the Triassic mass extinction. ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'', online publication [http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/06/13/1705378114] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622221041/http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/06/13/1705378114 |date=2017-06-22 }}.</ref> The subsequent breakup of Pangaea created the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and provided a legacy of [[basalt]]ic [[Dike (geology)|dikes]], [[Sill (geology)|sills]], and [[lava]]s over a vast area around the present central North [[Atlantic Ocean]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Volcanic landforms]] [[Category:Triassic]] [[Category:Extinction events]] [[Category:Large igneous provinces]]