The end-Permian mass extinction and the Siberian Traps eruptions

Rebecca Teed

The end-Permian mass extinction and the Siberian Traps eruptions

Wright State University

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

 This handout focuses on the evidence for the theory that a series of flood-basalt eruptions in Siberia caused the mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period.  This is the worst mass extinction known to geologists, and 90% or more of all species on Earth were wiped out.
 
 It is part of a set of four articles on possible causes of the Permian and Cretaceous mass extinctions can be used to organize classroom debates or to have students compare and contrast the events and their causes.

Original language	American English
State	Published - May 9 2016

Keywords

Flood Basalt
Mass Extinction
Permian

Disciplines

Evolution
Paleobiology
Volcanology

Access to Document

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