End-Triassic mass extinction started by intrusive CAMP activity

The cause of the end-Triassic extinction remains controversial. Here, the authors present U-Pb age data showing that magmatic activity occurred 100 kyr before the earliest known eruptions, which links to changes in climate and biotic records indicating the importance of understanding the intrusive r...

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Main Authors: J.H.F.L. Davies, A. Marzoli, H. Bertrand, N. Youbi, M. Ernesto, U. Schaltegger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15596