Mass extinctions geology lecture

The kiss of death?: Large Igneous Provinces and mass extinction events

Dr. Andrew Kerr, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University

The nature and causes of mass extinctions in the geological past have been intensely debated for the past three decades. Central to this debate are the questions of whether one or several bolide impacts, the eruption of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs), or a combination of the two, were the primary mechanisms driving the environmental and habitat changes that are universally regarded as the proximate causes for four of the five major Phanerozoic mass extinction events. 

Lecture at Bath Geol Soc Thursday 6th Nov
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