List of flood basalt provinces

Representative continental flood basalts and oceanic plateaus, together forming a listing of large igneous provinces:

Era	Period	Epoch	Age	Start, mya	Event	Notes
Cenozoic	Quaternary	Holocene		0.0117
Cenozoic	Quaternary	Pleistocene	Upper	0.126
Cenozoic	Quaternary	Pleistocene	Middle	0.781	Australasian strewnfield Lake Bosumtwi	Brunhes–Matuyama reversal Jaramillo reversal
Cenozoic	Quaternary	Pleistocene	Calabrian	1.806^*		Olduvai reversal
Cenozoic	Quaternary	Pleistocene	Gelasian	2.588^*	Chilcotin Plateau Basalts	Ice age Gauss-Matuyama reversal
Cenozoic	Neogene	Pliocene	Piacenzian/Blancan	3.600^*		Gilbert-Gauss geomagnetic reversal
Cenozoic	Neogene	Pliocene	Zanclean	5.333^*		Zanclean flood
Cenozoic	Neogene	Miocene	Messinian	7.246^*	Chilcotin Plateau Basalts
Cenozoic	Neogene	Miocene	Tortonian	11.62^*
Cenozoic	Neogene	Miocene	Serravallian	13.82^*
Cenozoic	Neogene	Miocene	Langhian	15.97	M. Miocene disruption Columbia River Basalt Group Chilcotin Plateau Basalts	Increased Antarctic deep waters Yellowstone hotspot Nördlinger Ries
Cenozoic	Neogene	Miocene	Burdigalian	20.44
Cenozoic	Neogene	Miocene	Aquitanian	23.03^*	Shield volcanoes of Ethiopia	Antarctic ice sheet complete
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Oligocene	Chattian	28.1	Ethiopian and Yemen traps	Fish Canyon Tuff
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Oligocene	Rupelian	33.9^*	Chesapeake Bay impact crater	Antarctic ice sheet expands Eocene–Oligocene extinction event
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Eocene	Priabonian	38.0		-
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Eocene	Bartonian	41.3
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Eocene	Lutetian	47.8^*		Antarctic ice sheet begins
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Eocene	Ypresian	56.0^*	N. Atlantic IP Phase II
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Paleocene	Thanetian	59.2^*
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Paleocene	Selandian	61.6^*	N. Atlantic IP	Iceland hotspot
Cenozoic	Paleogene	Paleocene	Danian	65.5 ± 0.3^*	Chicxulub Crater Deccan Traps	Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event Shiva crater
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Upper	Maastrichtian	72.1 ± 0.2^*
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Upper	Campanian	83.6 ± 0.2	Caribbean LIP Caribbean LIP
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Upper	Santonian	86.3 ± 0.5
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Upper	Coniacian	89.8 ± 0.3	High Arctic LIP Caribbean LIP Ontong Java Plateau	Galápagos hotspot
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Upper	Turonian	93.5 ± 0.8^*	Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event Madagascar flood basalt
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Upper	Cenomanian	100.5^*
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Lower	Albian	c. 113.0	Kerguelen Plateau Rajmahal Traps	Kerguelen hotspot
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Lower	Aptian	c. 125.0	Selli Event Ontong Java Plateau	Louisville hotspot
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Lower	Barremian	c. 129.4	High Arctic LIP
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Lower	Hauterivian	c. 132.9	Abor volcanics	Kerguelen hotspot
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Lower	Valanginian	c. 139.8	Paraná and Etendeka traps	Tristan hotspot
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	Lower	Berriasian	c. 145.0		Glaciations End-Jurassic extinction
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Upper	Tithonian	152.1 ± 0.9
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Upper	Kimmeridgian	157.3 ± 1.0
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Upper	Oxfordian	163.5 ± 1.0
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Middle	Callovian	166.1 ± 1.2
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Middle	Bathonian	168.3 ± 1.3^*
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Middle	Bajocian	170.3 ± 1.4^*
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Middle	Aalenian	174.1 ± 1.0^*
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Lower	Toarcian	182.7 ± 0.7	early Toarcian anoxic event Karoo-Ferrar	Pliensbachian-Toarcian extinction Formed as Gondwana broke up
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Lower	Pliensbachian	190.8 ± 1.0^*
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Lower	Sinemurian	199.3 ± 0.3^*	C. Atlantic magmatic province
Mesozoic	Jurassic	Lower	Hettangian	201.3 ± 0.2^*	Central Atlantic magmatic province	Formed as Pangea broke up Triassic–Jurassic extinction event
Mesozoic	Triassic	Upper	Rhaetian	c. 208.5
Mesozoic	Triassic	Upper	Norian	c. 228	Wrangellia flood basalts	Carnian pluvial episode
Mesozoic	Triassic	Upper	Carnian	c. 235^*
Mesozoic	Triassic	Middle	Ladinian	c. 242^*
Mesozoic	Triassic	Middle	Anisian	247.2
Mesozoic	Triassic	Lower	Olenekian	251.2
Mesozoic	Triassic	Lower	Induan	252.2 ± 0.5^*	Siberian Traps	Permian–Triassic extinction event
Paleozoic	Permian	Lopingian	Changhsingian	254.2 ± 0.1^*
Paleozoic	Permian	Lopingian	Wuchiapingian	259.9 ± 0.4^*	Emeishan Traps	end-Capitanian/Guadalupian Extinction
Paleozoic	Permian	Guadalupian	Capitanian	265.1 ± 0.4^*
Paleozoic	Permian	Guadalupian	Wordian/Kazanian	268.8 ± 0.5^*
Paleozoic	Permian	Guadalupian	Roadian/Ufimian	272.3 ± 0.5^*		Olson's Extinction
Paleozoic	Permian	Cisuralian	Kungurian	279.3 ± 0.6
Paleozoic	Permian	Cisuralian	Artinskian	290.1 ± 0.1
Paleozoic	Permian	Cisuralian	Sakmarian	295.5 ± 0.4
Paleozoic	Permian	Cisuralian	Asselian	298.9 ± 0.2^*	Skagerrak-Centered LIP	Pangaea
Paleozoic	Carbon- iferous/ Pennsyl- vanian	Upper	Gzhelian	303.7 ± 0.1
Paleozoic	Carbon- iferous/ Pennsyl- vanian	Upper	Kasimovian	307.0 ± 0.1		Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse
Paleozoic	Carbon- iferous/ Pennsyl- vanian	Middle	Moscovian	315.2 ± 0.2
Paleozoic	Carbon- iferous/ Pennsyl- vanian	Lower	Bashkirian	323.2 ± 0.4^*
Paleozoic	Carbon- iferous/ Missis- sippian	Upper	Serpukhovian	330.9 ± 0.2
Paleozoic	Carbon- iferous/ Missis- sippian	Middle	Viséan	346.7 ± 0.4^*
Paleozoic	Carbon- iferous/ Missis- sippian	Lower	Tournaisian	358.9 ± 0.4^*	Hangenberg event	Late Devonian extinction
Paleozoic	Devonian	Upper	Famennian	372.2 ± 1.6^*	Kellwasser_event Viluy traps	Late Devonian extinction
Paleozoic	Devonian	Upper	Frasnian	382.7 ± 1.6^*
Paleozoic	Devonian	Middle	Givetian	387.7 ± 0.8^*
Paleozoic	Devonian	Middle	Eifelian	393.3 ± 1.2^*
Paleozoic	Devonian	Lower	Emsian	407.6 ± 2.6^*
Paleozoic	Devonian	Lower	Pragian	410.8 ± 2.8^*
Paleozoic	Devonian	Lower	Lochkovian	419.2 ± 3.2^*
Paleozoic	Silurian	Pridoli		423.0 ± 2.3^*	Lau event
Paleozoic	Silurian	Ludlow/Cayugan	Ludfordian	425.6 ± 0.9^*
Paleozoic	Silurian	Ludlow/Cayugan	Gorstian	427.4 ± 0.5^*	Mulde event
Paleozoic	Silurian	Wenlock	Homerian/Lockportian	430.5 ± 0.7^*
Paleozoic	Silurian	Wenlock	Sheinwoodian/Tonawandan	433.4 ± 0.8^*	Ireviken event
Paleozoic	Silurian	Llandovery/ Alexandrian	Telychian/Ontarian	438.5 ± 1.1^*
Paleozoic	Silurian	Llandovery/ Alexandrian	Aeronian	440.8 ± 1.2^*
Paleozoic	Silurian	Llandovery/ Alexandrian	Rhuddanian	443.4 ± 1.5^*		Ordovician–Silurian extinction event
Paleozoic	Ordovician	Upper	Hirnantian	445.2 ± 1.4^*	Pre-Devonian Traps
Paleozoic	Ordovician	Upper	Katian	453.0 ± 0.7^*
Paleozoic	Ordovician	Upper	Sandbian	458.4 ± 0.9^*
Paleozoic	Ordovician	Middle	Darriwilian	467.3 ± 1.1^*
Paleozoic	Ordovician	Middle	Dapingian	470.0 ± 1.4^*
Paleozoic	Ordovician	Lower	Floian	477.7 ± 1.4^*
Paleozoic	Ordovician	Lower	Tremadocian	485.4 ± 1.9^*
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Furongian	Stage 10	c. 489.5		Cambrian–Ordovician extinction event
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Furongian	Jiangshanian	c. 494^*
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Furongian	Paibian	c. 497^*
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Series 3	Guzhangian	c. 500.5^*
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Series 3	Drumian	c. 504.5^*
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Series 3	Stage 5	c. 509
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Series 2	Stage 4	c. 514
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Series 2	Stage 3	c. 521
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Terreneuvian	Stage 2	c. 529		Cambrian explosion
Paleozoic	Cambrian	Terreneuvian	Fortunian	541.0 ± 1.0^*		End-Ediacaran extinction
Neo- proterozoic	Ediacaran			c. 635^*	Long Range dikes	formed as Iapetus Ocean began
Neo- proterozoic	Cryogenian			850	Franklin LIP	Snowball Earth
Neo- proterozoic	Tonian			1000	Warakurna LIP
Meso- proterozoic	Stenian			1200	Midcontinent Rift System Mackenzie LIP	Rodinia
Meso- proterozoic	Ectasian			1400
Meso- proterozoic	Calymmian			1600
Paleo- proterozoic	Statherian			1800	Circum-Superior Belt Winagami sill complex
Paleo- proterozoic	Orosirian			2050	Kapuskasing and Marathon dike swarm Fort Frances dike swarm Vredefort impact structure
Paleo- proterozoic	Rhyacian			2300	Ungava magmatic event	Huronian glaciation
Paleo- proterozoic	Siderian			2500	Matachewan dike swarm Mistassini dike swarm	Great Oxygenation Event
Neoarchean				2800
Mesoarchean				3200
Paleoarchean				3600	Kaapvaal craton	Vaalbara
Eoarchean
Early Imbrian				c. 3850
Nectarian				c. 3920		lunar basins form
Basin Groups				c. 4150	Acasta Gneiss	Late Heavy Bombardment
Cryptic				c. 4600		Oldest minerals. Earth surface solidifies.