Economic importance of deccan trap

(1)The Deccan Traps rocks are used extensively as building stone

(2) Basalt rock used as road metal.

(3) As aggregate in cement concrete.

(4) The Black soil formed over the Deccan trap is a rich soil particularly suitable for raising cotton.

(5) It is rich enough in alumina to be high grade bauxite. Bauxite is useful in Petroleum filtration and in the manufacture of aluminium and alumina cements.

(6) The vesicular parts of bedded lavas make good aquifers and yield fair supplies of underground water.