Sentences with phrase «traps volcanism»
The «press» of gradual climatic change due to Deccan Traps volcanism was followed by the instantaneous, catastrophic «pulse» of the impact.
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«We therefore have proof that the species disappeared during an ice age caused by the activity of the first volcanism in the Siberian Traps,» added Urs Schaltegger.
Once formed by either serpentinization or microbes, methane could be stored as a stable clathrate hydrate — a chemical structure that traps methane molecules like animals in a cage — for later release to the atmosphere, perhaps by gradual outgassing through cracks and fissures or by episodic bursts triggered by volcanism.
Suggest you read about the volcanism of the traps versus the type we saw from the 1257 and 1453, which eject lots of sulfate high in the atmosphere.
The Siberian Traps are another example of flood volcanism and consequent massive CO2 emission corresponding with a mass extinction.