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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Synchrony of the Central Atlantic magmatic province and the Triassic-Jurassic boundary climatic and biotic crisis
Geology, Volume 32, No. 11, Year 2004
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The evolution of life on Earth is marked by catastrophic extinction events, one of which occurred ca. 200 Ma at the transition from the Triassic Period to the Jurassic Period (Tr-J boundary), apparently contemporaneous with the eruption of the world's largest known continental igneous province, the Central Atlantic magmatic province. The temporal relationship of the Tr-J boundary and the province's volcanism is clarified by new multidisciplinary (stratigraphic, palynologic, geochronologic, paleomagnetic, geochemical) data that demonstrate that development of the Central Atlantic magmatic province straddled the Tr-J boundary and thus may have had a causal relationship with the climatic crisis and biotic turnover demarcating the boundary. © 2004 Geological Society of America.
Authors & Co-Authors
Marzoli, Andrea
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Bertrand, Hervé
France, Lyon
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Knight, Kim B.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Cirilli, Simonetta
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Buratti, Nicoletta
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Vérati, Chrystéle
France, Nice
Université Côte D'azur
Nomade, Sébastien
United States, Berkeley
Berkeley Geochronology Center
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Renne, Paul Randall
United States, Berkeley
Berkeley Geochronology Center
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Youbi, Nasrrddine
Morocco, Marakech
Université Cadi Ayyad
Martini, Rossana
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Allenbach, Karin
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Neuwerth, Ralph
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Rapaille, Cédric
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Zaninetti, Louisette
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Bellieni, Giuliano
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Statistics
Citations: 356
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1130/G20652.1
ISSN:
00917613
Research Areas
Environmental