On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

PM Hull, A Bornemann, DE Penman, MJ Henehan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The cause of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction is vigorously debated, owing to the
occurrence of a very large bolide impact and flood basalt volcanism near the boundary …

Asteroid impact, not volcanism, caused the end-Cretaceous dinosaur extinction

AA Chiarenza, A Farnsworth… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction, 66 Ma, included the demise of non-avian
dinosaurs. Intense debate has focused on the relative roles of Deccan volcanism and the …

Recent advances in heteromorph ammonoid palaeobiology

R Hoffmann, JS Slattery, I Kruta… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heteromorphs are ammonoids forming a conch with detached whorls (open coiling) or non‐
planispiral coiling. Such aberrant forms appeared convergently four times within this extinct …

[PDF][PDF] Does large igneous province volcanism always perturb the mercury cycle? Comparing the records of Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 and the end-Cretaceous to other …

LME Percival, HC Jenkyns, TA Mather… - American Journal of …, 2018 - ajsonline.org
Mercury (Hg) is increasingly being used as a sedimentary tracer of Large Igneous Province
(LIP) volcanism, and supports hypotheses of a coincidence between the formation of several …

The stratigraphy of mass extinctions and recoveries

SM Holland - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Interpretations of the tempo of mass extinctions and recoveries often rely on the distribution
of fossils in a stratigraphic column. These interpretations are generally compromised when …

Cretaceous large igneous provinces: from volcanic formation to environmental catastrophes and biological crises

LME Percival, H Matsumoto, S Callegaro… - Geological Society …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Cretaceous Period was marked by the formation of numerous large igneous
provinces (LIPs), several of which were associated with geologically rapid climate …

Rapid recovery of Patagonian plant–insect associations after the end-Cretaceous extinction

MP Donovan, A Iglesias, P Wilf… - Nature Ecology & …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Hemisphere may have provided biodiversity refugia after the
Cretaceous/Palaeogene (K/Pg) mass extinction. However, few extinction and recovery …

Deccan volcanism caused coupled pCO2 and terrestrial temperature rises, and pre-impact extinctions in northern China

L Zhang, C Wang, PB Wignall, T Kluge, X Wan… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Evaluating the terrestrial climate record provides a critical test of the roles of Chicxulub
impact and Deccan Traps volcanism during the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass …

Latest Cretaceous climatic and environmental change in the South Atlantic region

L Woelders, J Vellekoop, D Kroon, J Smit… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Latest Maastrichtian climate change caused by Deccan volcanism has been invoked as a
cause of mass extinction at the Cretaceous‐Paleogene (K‐Pg) boundary (~ 66.0 Ma). Yet …

The Chicxulub impact produced a powerful global tsunami

MM Range, BK Arbic, BC Johnson, TC Moore… - Agu …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Chicxulub crater is the site of an asteroid impact linked with the Cretaceous‐Paleogene
(K‐Pg) mass extinction at∼ 66 Ma. This asteroid struck in shallow water and caused a large …