Mass extinctions of life and catastrophic flood basalt volcanism

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Mass extinctions of life and catastrophic flood basalt volcanism, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
107 (15) 6555-6556,
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1002478107
(2010).
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