[meteorite-list] Seafloor Data Point to Global Volcanism after Chicxulub Impact

Paul etchplain at att.net
Wed Feb 7 21:38:48 EST 2018


The dinosaur-murdering asteroid maybe also triggered an
underwater volcano meltdown. Why pick just one flavor
of apocalypse? By Rachel Becker, The Verge,  Feb 7, 2018
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/7/16988112/asteroid-chicxulub-mass-extinction-dinosaurs-underwater-volcanoes-magma

Seafloor data point to global volcanism after Chicxulub
meteor strike, University of Oregon, February 7, 2018
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoo-sdp020518.php
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/one-two-punch-may-have-helped-deck-dinosaurs

The paper is;

Joseph S. Byrnes and Leif Karlstrom, 2018, Anomalous
K-Pg-aged seafloor attributed to impact-induced
mid-ocean ridge magmatism Science Advances  07 Feb 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 2, eaao2994 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao2994
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/2/eaao2994

Yours,

Paul H.



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