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Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects
Author(s)
Gerta Keller;
Gerta Keller
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Andrew C. Kerr
Andrew C. Kerr
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, Wales, UK
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Geological Society of America

Volume
505
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© 2014 Geological Society of America
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ISBN print:
9780813725055
Publication date:
September 01, 2014
Book Chapter
Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions: An update
Author(s)
David P.G. Bond
Department of Geography, Environment and Earth Science, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK, and Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
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David P.G. Bond
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Paul B. Wignall
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Paul B. Wignall
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Published:September 01, 2014
The temporal link between mass extinctions and large igneous provinces is well known. Here, we examine this link by focusing on the potential climatic effects of large igneous province eruptions during several extinction crises that show the best correlation with mass volcanism: the Frasnian-Famennian (Late Devonian), Capitanian (Middle Permian), end-Permian, end-Triassic, and Toarcian (Early Jurassic) extinctions. It is clear that there is no direct correlation between total volume of lava and extinction magnitude because there is always sufficient recovery time between individual eruptions to negate any cumulative effect of successive flood basalt eruptions. Instead, the environmental and climatic damage must...
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- aerosols
- aliphatic hydrocarbons
- alkanes
- Ammonoidea
- basalts
- Capitanian
- carbon dioxide
- case studies
- Central Atlantic magmatic province
- Cephalopoda
- Chicxulub Crater
- Chordata
- climate change
- Conodonta
- cooling
- correlation
- Cretaceous
- Deccan Traps
- Devonian
- effusion
- Emeishan Basalts
- eruptions
- extinct taxa
- faunal provinces
- flood basalts
- gases
- global change
- global warming
- greenhouse gases
- Guadalupian
- hydrocarbons
- igneous rocks
- Invertebrata
- isotopes
- Jurassic
- Kellwasser event
- large igneous provinces
- Lower Jurassic
- marine environment
- mass extinctions
- Mesozoic
- methane
- microfossils
- Mollusca
- oceanic anoxic events
- organic compounds
- paleoatmosphere
- paleoclimatology
- paleoenvironment
- Paleozoic
- Permian
- Plantae
- pyroclastics
- radioactive isotopes
- Reptilia
- Siberian Traps
- sulfur dioxide
- Synapsida
- terrestrial environment
- Tetrapoda
- Therapsida
- Toarcian
- Triassic
- Upper Cretaceous
- Upper Devonian
- Upper Permian
- Upper Triassic
- Vertebrata
- volcanic ash
- volcanic rocks
- volcanism
- water vapor
- Viluy Traps
- Karoo Traps
- volcanic darkness
- Ferrar Traps
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