Biogenic carbonate mercury and marine temperature records reveal global influence of Late Cretaceous Deccan Traps
The climate and environmental significance of the Deccan Traps large igneous province of west-central India has been the subject of debate in paleontological communities. Nearly one million years of semi-continuous Deccan eruptive activity spanned the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, which is renowned for the extinction of most dinosaur groups.
Article in Nature Communications