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May 07, 2015

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 indeed, this was not a coincidence, but a cause-and-effect relationship. Knowledge and study of the Decc ... read more

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