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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
Impact volcanism and mass extinctions
Author(s)
Adrian P. Jones
Earth Sciences, Gower Street, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Adrian P. Jones
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Published:September 01, 2014
For asteroid or comet impacts, the mass of the projectile or bolide and its velocity control the scale of damage and secondary catastrophes induced, and the impact flux can be used to determine whether such an impact was likely to occur at the time of interest. Impact cratering processes are still orders of magnitude more deadly than volcanism when considering the potential for atmospheric loading of deleterious particulate and gaseous materials, due to the extraordinarily rapid transfer of energy. Based on impact flux, there could have been sufficient large impactors to cause one or more of the “Big Five” mass...
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- asteroids
- bolides
- catastrophes
- causes
- Cenozoic
- Chicxulub Crater
- comets
- correlation
- craters
- Cretaceous
- Deccan Traps
- decompression
- eruptions
- extinction
- geologic hazards
- global change
- impact craters
- impact features
- impact melts
- impacts
- K-T boundary
- large igneous provinces
- lower Paleocene
- Lower Triassic
- magmas
- mantle
- mantle plumes
- mass extinctions
- melting
- melts
- Mesozoic
- meteorite flux
- meteors
- natural hazards
- Ontong Java Plateau
- Pacific Ocean
- Paleocene
- paleoclimatology
- paleoenvironment
- Paleogene
- Paleozoic
- Permian
- Permian-Triassic boundary
- Phanerozoic
- stratigraphic boundary
- Tertiary
- theoretical studies
- thermal anomalies
- Triassic
- Upper Cretaceous
- Upper Permian
- volcanism
- West Pacific
- impact flux
- late heavy bombardment
- antipodal focusing
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