Question

Distribution of deccan traps in the world map

Answer 1

TheDeccan Trapsare alarge igneous provincelocated on theDeccan Plateauof west-centralIndia(17°–24°N, 73°–74°E) and are one of the largestvolcanicfeatures on Earth. They consist ofmultiple layers of solidifiedflood basaltthat together are more than 2,000 m (6,600 ft) thick, cover an area ofc.500,000 km2(200,000 sq mi),[1]and have a volume ofc.1,000,000 km3(200,000 cu mi).[2]Originally, the Deccan Traps may have coveredc.1,500,000 km2(600,000 sq mi),[3]with a correspondingly larger original volume.