An appraisal of the ages of Phanerozoic large igneous provinces

Q Jiang, F Jourdan, HKH Olierook, RE Merle - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are the products of exceptional magmatic events that played
important roles in tectonic plate reorganizations, environmental crises, energy resource …

U-Pb constraints on pulsed eruption of the Deccan Traps across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

B Schoene, MP Eddy, KM Samperton, CB Keller… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Temporal correlation between some continental flood basalt eruptions and mass extinctions
has been proposed to indicate causality, with eruptive volatile release driving environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data

AJ Schaen, BR Jicha, KV Hodges… - GSA …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 40 Ar/39 Ar dating method is among the most versatile of geochronometers,
having the potential to date a broad variety of K-bearing materials spanning from the time of …

The eruptive tempo of Deccan volcanism in relation to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

CJ Sprain, PR Renne, L Vanderkluysen, K Pande… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Late Cretaceous records of environmental change suggest that Deccan Traps (DT)
volcanism contributed to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (KPB) ecosystem crisis …

On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

PM Hull, A Bornemann, DE Penman, MJ Henehan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The cause of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction is vigorously debated, owing to the
occurrence of a very large bolide impact and flood basalt volcanism near the boundary …

On the role of tectonics in stimulating the Cretaceous diversification of mammals

LN Weaver, JR Kelson, RM Holder, NA Niemi… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mammals rose to prominence in terrestrial ecosystems after the Cretaceous–Paleogene
mass extinction, but the mammalian lineages characteristic of Paleogene faunas began their …

Earth's impact events through geologic time: a list of recommended ages for terrestrial impact structures and deposits

M Schmieder, DA Kring - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
This article presents a current (as of September 2019) list of recommended ages for proven
terrestrial impact structures (n= 200) and deposits (n= 46) sourced from the primary …

[PDF][PDF] Does large igneous province volcanism always perturb the mercury cycle? Comparing the records of Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 and the end-Cretaceous to other …

LME Percival, HC Jenkyns, TA Mather… - American Journal of …, 2018 - ajsonline.org
Mercury (Hg) is increasingly being used as a sedimentary tracer of Large Igneous Province
(LIP) volcanism, and supports hypotheses of a coincidence between the formation of several …

Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure

S Goderis, H Sato, L Ferrière, B Schmitz, D Burney… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction is marked globally by elevated
concentrations of iridium, emplaced by a hypervelocity impact event 66 million years ago …

Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater

DA Kring, SM Tikoo, M Schmieder, U Riller… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The~ 180-km-diameter Chicxulub peak-ring crater and~ 240-km multiring basin, produced
by the impact that terminated the Cretaceous, is the largest remaining intact impact basin on …