[meteorite-list] Siberian volcanism 'wiped out world's forests' 250m years ago

[Paul]

Siberian volcano 'wiped out world's forests' 250m years ago
A huge Siberian volcano destroyed the world's forests 250 
million years ago in what scientists say was the worst extinction 
event the planet has ever witnessed, new research has disclosed.
Telegraph, UK, 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6253147/Siberian-volcano-wiped-out-worlds-forests-250m-years-ago.html

Sephton, M. A., H. Visscher, C. V. Looy, A. B. Verchovsky,and J. S. 
Watson, 2009, Chemical constitution of a Permian-Triassic disaster 
species. Geology. vol. 37, pp. 875-878, doi:10.1130/G30096A.1

http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/37/10/875.abstract

Yours,

Paul H.