Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Lava Plateau
- Flat Area of ground
- Antrim Plateau covers large part of Antrim that was cause by volcanic activity - 65 years ago.
- Eurasian and American plates seperated.
- Huge fissures on the earths crust
- Magma emerged through earths crust.
- Lava was basic lava that spread out quickly to cover the area it covered.
- Several different lava flows -- some up to 40 meteres thick.
- Layer upon layer of basalt cooled and hardened on top of eachother.
- These then became Lava Plateaus
- Eurasian and American plates began to drift apart - new crust was formed
- Atlantic ocean opened up
- The Giants Causeway
- One of the most distinctive parts of the plateau
- Famous for its hexagonal shapes.