Simulation suggests two plumes involved in producing Deccan Traps

(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with the University of Quebec has found evidence that suggests the formation of the Deccan Traps igneous province came about due to two eruptions from two distinct plumes. In their paper published in the journal Science, Petar Glišović and Alessandro Forte, describe how they created a computer simulation able to depict events that occurred in what is now India over 60 million years ago.