Rapid Emplacement of the Lower Deccan Traps and its Implications for Late Cretaceous Climate Change
Lead Research Organisation:
The Open University
Department Name: Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
Abstract
The Deccan Large Igneous Province (LIP) is associated with the Crestaceous-Paleogene Boundary(KPB) mass extinction event at 66Ma. However, this is not the only environmental crisis it is linked to Petersen et al. 2016 show a regional warming and extinction event in Antarctica and Hull et al 2020 constrain an implied major volcanic outgassing event. Both are 250,000 years before the KPB. Such events suggest a sustained period of large volume of volcanic activity. The Thakurvadi Formation in the Kalsubai Sub-group, Deccan, is a prime candidate for this.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Tanvi Chopra (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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NE/S007350/1 | 01/10/2019 | 30/09/2027 | |||
2883538 | Studentship | NE/S007350/1 | 01/10/2023 | 31/03/2027 | Tanvi Chopra |