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Massive Eruption of Magma May Have Contributed to Mass Extinction at End of Cretaceous (1 of 7)

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Massive Eruption of Magma May Have Contributed to Mass Extinction at End of Cretaceous (1 of 7)

video: An animation showing the results from the study by Joseph S. Byrnes and Leif Karlstrom. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 07 Feb. 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.S. Byrnes at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn., and colleagues was titled, "Anomalous K-Pg-aged seafloor attributed to impact-induced mid-ocean ridge magmatism." view more 

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