Environmental effects of Deccan volcanism across the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition in Meghalaya, India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 272-285

  Gertsch, B ^a   Keller, G ^b   Adatte, T ^c   Garg, R ^d   Prasad, V ^d   Berner, Z ^e   Fleitmann, D ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deccan volcanism; Iridium; KT boundary; Mass extinction; Meghalaya

Indexed keywords

CHICXULUB; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE; DECCAN VOLCANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HUMID CLIMATES; KT BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; MEGHALAYA; MESOTROPHIC; PERIODIC ACID; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

ACID RAIN; DISSOLUTION; INORGANIC ACIDS; IRIDIUM; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; PLATINUM; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

ACID RAIN; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DECCAN TRAPS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; IRIDIUM; MAASTRICHTIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; GULF OF MEXICO; INDIA; MEGHALAYA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

FORAMINIFERA; GUEMBELITRIA CRETACEA;

EID: 80053380379     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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