Mass Extinctions, Volcanism, and Impacts New Developments

About this book

Mass Extinctions, Volcanism, and Impacts covers new developments and research on mass extinctions, volcanism, and impacts. It addresses the following topics: the Central Iapetus magmatic province; thermogenic degassing in large igneous provinces; global mercury enrichment in Valanginian sediments; Guerrero-Morelos carbonate platform response to the Caribbean-Colombian Cretaceous large igneous province; implications for the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary event in shallow platform environments and correlation to the deep sea; environmental effects of Deccan volcanism on biotic transformations and attendant Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary mass extinction in the Indian subcontinent; Deccan red boles; and factors leading to the collapse of producers during the Chicxulub impact and Deccan Traps eruptions.

Contents

Foreword    v / Thierry Adatte, David P G Bond, and Gerta Keller
1. Volcanism as a prime cause of mass extinction: Retrospectives and perspectives   1 / Grzegorz Racki
2. The Central Iapetus magmatic province: An updated review and link with the ca. 580 Ma Gaskiers glaciation   35 / Nasrrddine Youbi, Richard E Ernst, Ulf Söderlund, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi, Abdelhak Ait Lahna, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari, Warda El Moume, and Mohamed Khalil Bensalah
3. Understanding thermogenic degassing in large igneous provinces: Inferences from the geological and statistical characteristics of breccia pipes in the western parts of the Karoo Basin    67 / Henrik H Svensen, Øyvind Hammer, Luc Chevallier, Dougal A Jerram, Petter Silkoset, Stephane Polteau, and Sverre Planke
4. Global mercury enrichment in Valanginian sediments supports a volcanic trigger for the Weissert episode   85 / Guillaume Charbonnier, Thierry Adatte, Stéphanie Duchamp-Alphonse, Jorge E Spangenberg, and Karl B Föllmi
5. Guerrero-Morelos carbonate platform response to the Caribbean-Colombian Cretaceous large igneous province during Cenomanian–Turonian oceanic anoxic event 2    105 / Brahimsamba Bomou, Thierry Adatte, and Annie Arnaud-Vanneau
6. Cretaceous-Paleocene transition along a rocky carbonate shore: Implications for the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary event in shallow platform environments and correlation to the deep sea   137 / Diethard Sanders, Gerta Keller, Felix Schlagintweit, and Martin Studeny
7. Environmental effects of Deccan volcanism on biotic transformations and attendant Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary mass extinction in the Indian subcontinent: Organo-molecular evidence    165 / Sucharita Pal, Surabhi Srivastava, and J P Shrivastava
8. Integrated mineralogical and rock magnetic study of Deccan red boles   199 / Eric Font, Thierry Adatte, Alexandra Abrajevitch, José Mirão, Nikhil Sharma, Valentin Sordet, and Mariana Andrade
9. Amplifying factors leading to the collapse of primary producers during the Chicxulub impact and Deccan Traps eruptions   223 / Guillaume Le Hir, Frédéric Fluteau, Baptiste Suchéras-Marx, and Yves Goddéris

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