Initial pulse of Siberian Traps sills as the trigger of the end-Permian mass extinction

Mass extinction events are short-lived and characterized by catastrophic biosphere collapse and subsequent reorganization. Their abrupt nature necessitates a similarly short-lived trigger, and large igneous province magmatism is often implicated. However, large igneous provinces are long-lived compa...

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Main Authors: Burgess, S. D. (Author), Muirhead, J. D. (Author), Bowring, Samuel A (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2018-02-12T20:10:58Z.
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