Giant meteoroid impacts can cause volcanism

Physics & Astronomy

• basalt 96%
• meteoroids 90%
• impactors 73%
• lithosphere 64%
• Earth mantle 48%
• causes 41%
• magma 40%
• pressure reduction 17%
• volcanic eruptions 16%
• craters 15%
• viability 14%
• convection 11%
• histories 11%
• occurrences 10%
• melting 10%
• radii 8%
• temperature 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• flood basalt 84%
• volcanism 63%
• impactor 60%
• lithosphere 37%
• potential temperature 31%
• magma 20%
• mantle 20%
• province 17%
• mantle convection 16%
• decompression 15%
• crater 13%
• viability 12%
• volcanic eruption 11%
• melting 10%
• in situ 8%
• history 7%
• material 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Flood Reaction 100%
• Melting 29%