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Mass extinctions of life and catastrophic flood basalt volcanism

April 13, 2010
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Compound-specific carbon isotopes from Earth’s largest flood basalt eruptions directly linked to the end-Triassic mass extinction
Jessica H. Whiteside, Paul E. Olsen [...] Raymond N. Sambrotto
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Vol. 107 | No. 15
April 13, 2010
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See companion article on page 6721.

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Michael R. Rampino1 [email protected]
Department of Biology and Environmental Studies Program, New York University, New York, NY 10003

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Author contributions: M.R.R. wrote the paper.

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The author declares no conflict of interest.

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