Mass Extinctions, Volcanism, and Impacts: New Developments [GSA Special Papers]

vi, 245 pages : illustrations, charts, maps ; 28 cm Contents: Volcanism as a prime cause of mass extinction : retrospectives and perspectives / Grzegorz Racki -- The Central Iapetus magmatic province : an updated review and link with the ca. 580 Ma Gaskiers glaciation / Nasrrddine Youbi, Richard E. Ernst, Ulf Söderlund, Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi, Abdelhak Ait Lahna, Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari, Warda El Moume, and Mohamed Khalil Bensalah -- Understanding thermogenic degassing in large igneous provinces : inferences from the geological and statistical characteristics of breccia pipes in the western parts of the Karoo Basin / Henrik H. Svensen, Øyvind Hammer, Luc Chevallier, Dougal A. Jerram, Petter Silkoset, Stephane Polteau, and Sverre Planke -- Global mercury enrichment in Valanginian sediments supports a volcanic trigger for the Weissert episode / Guillaume Charbonnier, Thierry Adatte, Stéphanie Duchamp-Alphonse, Jorge E. Spangenberg, and Karl B. Föllmi -- Guerrero-Morelos carbonate platform response to the Caribbean-Colombian Cretaceous large igneous province during Cenomanian-Turonian oceanic anoxic event 2 / Brahimsamba Bomou, Thierry Adatte, and Annie Arnaud-Vanneau -- Cretaceous-Paleocene transition along a rocky carbonate shore : implications for the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary event in shallow platform environments and correlation to the deep sea / Diethard Sanders, Gerta Keller, Felix Schlagintweit, and Martin Studeny -- Environmental effects of Deccan volcanism on biotic transformations and attendant Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary mass extinction in the Indian subcontinent : organo-molecular evidence / Sucharita Pal, Surabhi Srivastava, and J.P. Shrivastava -- Integrated mineralogical and rock magnetic study of Deccan red boles / Eric Font, Thierry Adatte, Alexandra Abrajevitch, José Mirão, Nikhil Sharma, Valentin Sordet, and Mariana Andrade -- Amplifying factors leading to the collapse of primary producers during the Chicxulub / impact and Deccan Traps eruptions -- Guillaume Le Hir, Frédéric Fluteau, Baptiste Suchéras-Marx, and Yves Goddéris. "This volume covers new developments and research on mass extinctions, volcanism, and impacts, ranging from the ancient Central Iapetus magmatic province linked with the Gaskiers glaciation to thermogenic degassing in large igneous provinces, the global mercury enrichment in Valanginian sediments, and the Guerrero-Morelos carbonate platform response to the Caribbean-Colombian Cretaceous large igneous province. This section is followed by a series of end-Cretaceous studies, including the implications for the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary event in shallow platform environments and correlation to the deep sea; the role of wildfires linked to Deccan volcanism on ecosystems from the Indian subcontinent; rock magnetic and mineralogical study of Deccan red boles; and factors leading to the collapse of producers during Deccan Traps eruptions and the Chicxulub impact.".…