Magnitude and consequences of volatile release from the Siberian Traps

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 363-373

  Black, Benjamin A ^a   Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^a,b   Rowe, Michael C ^c   Peate, Ingrid Ukstins ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

End Permian; Large igneous provinces; Mass extinction; Siberian Traps

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; DETECTION LIMITS; END-PERMIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MASS EXTINCTION; MELT INCLUSIONS; SIBERIAN TRAPS;

CHLORINE; FLUORINE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SULFUR;

DEGASSING;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOOD BASALT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA; MASS EXTINCTION; MELT INCLUSION; PERMIAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84856619517     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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