Friday, 8 May 2015

Chicxulub and the deccan eruptions: Just a coincidence?

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Chicxulub and the deccan eruptions: Just a coincidence?
Boulder CO (SPX) May 05, 2015 - In a new paper published online by GSA Bulletin on 30 April, researchers Mark Richards and colleagues address the "uncomfortably close" occurrence of the Chicxulub impact in the Yucatan and the most voluminous phase of the Deccan Traps flood basalt eruptions in India. Specifically, the researchers argue that the impact likely triggered most of the immense eruptions of lava in India - that ... more


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