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Geology of Hot Spot Flood Basalts

Geology of Hot Spot Flood Basalts. Location: Brazil Dates: Aug. 6-11, 2010 oxfordjounrals.org

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Geology of Hot Spot Flood Basalts

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Location: BrazilDates: Aug. 6-11, 2010

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Iguacu Falls

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Iguacu Falls

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What do you see?

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Coatis-mammal

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What rock could this be…?

1.Cement2.Vesicular Basalt3.Weathered sandstone

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Vesicular basalt

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ReferencesMAP: Piero Comin-Chiaramonti1, Marcia Ernesto2, Victor Fernandez Velázquez3 & Celso de Barro Gomes3

1Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dell'Ambiente e delle Materie Prime. Trieste University. Piazzale Europa, 1. I-34127, Trieste, Italy. [email protected] Astrónomico e Geofisico, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, Citade Universitaria. 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. [email protected] de Geociências, São Paulo University. Rua do Lago 562, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. [email protected]