New constraints on the structure of offshore Mesozoic rift basins and distribution of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province along the eastern U.S. coastline from high-resolution aeromagnetic and gravity data
Kirsty J. Tinto
The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) basalt formations found in Mesozoic rift basins along the eastern North American seaboard are postulated as the proximate cause of the end-of-Triassic mass extinction event. CAMP volcanism is identified in onshore basins; however, basin structure and CAMP basalt distribution in the offshore New York Bight Basin (NYBB), Long Island Basin (LIB), and Central Bight Basin (CBB) are not well constrained due to the limited resolution of legacy seismic and e