Flood basalts and extinction events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 1993, Pages 1399-1402

  Stothers, Richard B ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; EXTINCTION EVENTS; FLOOD BASALTS; IGNEOUS STRATIGRAPHY; MASS EXTINCTION; MESOZOIC; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0027842208     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/93GL01381     Document Type: Article

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