Deenen, M.H.L., M. Ruhl, N.R. Bonis, W. Krijgsman, W.M. Kuerschner, M. Reitsma, M.J. van Bergen, 2010, A new chronology for the end-Triassic mass extinction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. vol. 291, no. 1-4, pp. 113-125.
Abstract at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.003 PDF file at: http://www.geo.uu.nl/~forth/publications/Deenen_2010a.pdf http://www.geo.uu.nl/~forth/people/Martijn/Martijn.htm In part, the abstract reads: "The transition from the Triassic to Jurassic Period, initiating the ‘Age of the dinosaurs’, approximately 200 Ma, is marked by a profound mass extinction with more than 50% genus loss in both marine and continental realms." and "We show that the oldest CAMP basalts are diachronous by 20 kyr across the Atlantic Ocean, and that these two volcanic pulses coincide with the end-Triassic extinction interval in the marine realm. Our results support the hypotheses of Phanerozoic mass extinctions resulting from emplacement of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and provide crucial time constraints for numerical modelling of Triassic–Jurassic climate change and global carbon-cycle perturbations." Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
