Figure 14.11
Large igneous provinces. All of these large igneous provinces were formed where mantle plumes formed geologic hot spots. Most of the eruptions that formed them caused global climate change, and some even caused global mass extinction events when they rapidly elevated atmospheric CO2 levels.(Left, © Peter L. Kresan; center, © Serguei Fomine/Global Look/Corbis; right, © Tony Waltham/Robert Harding/Getty Images)