Contemporaneous mass extinctions, continental flood basalts, and 'impact signals': Are mantle plume-induced lithospheric gas explosions the causal link?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 263-284

  Phipps Morgan, J ^a   Reston, T J ^a   Ranero, C R ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptoexplosions; Flood basalts; Large impacts; Mass extinctions

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FLOOD BASALT; MASS EXTINCTION; SULFATE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 1642545526     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00602-2     Document Type: Article

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