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Poseidon Ocean

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Tectonic and magmatic features associated with the Mackenzie Large Igneous Province, including the rifting that created the Poseidon Ocean. Red star shows the initial Mackenzie plume zone relative to the
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that was already in an extensional regime that allowed rifting to occur at the onset of hotspot
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Supposed ocean that existed in the Mesoproterozoic period
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ocean
Mesoproterozoic
geologic timescale
hotspot
lithosphere
volcanism
Mackenzie Large Igneous Province
Mackenzie hotspot
triple junction
aulacogen
Mantle plumes: their identification through time
Geological Society of America
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palaeogeography
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Palaeogeography stubs
Historical oceans
Proterozoic

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