Coupling between tectono-volcanic processes and terrestrial biological evolution. (IMAGE)

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Coupling between tectono-volcanic processes and terrestrial biological evolution.

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Middle–late Mesozoic regional tectonic and volcanic responses in northern China to subduction of the paleo-Pacific plate and the impact of volcanism, specifically on the rapid bloom of the Yanliao and Jehol biotas due to spikes in volcanic P supply. Figure by Chao Ma.

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