Giant lava rows, mass extinctions, and mantle plumes

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5414, 1999, Pages 604-605

  Olsen, Paul E ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN; COOLING; DISASTER; GENETIC SELECTION; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THEORY; VOLCANO;

EID: 0033597433     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5414.604     Document Type: Short Survey

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38. This is Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory contribution 5923.