It's widely accepted that the primary reason dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the planet was a devastating impact from an asteroid. The Chixulub crater is our best evidence that this theory holds water, and it's supported by the findings of scientists who study rock and sediment layers deep beneath our feet. But it's possible, or perhaps even likely, that the asteroid impact wasn't the only factor in the demise of the dinos, and researchers have long suspected that volcanic activity played a part.
Now, the research team behind a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that samples taken from a site called the Deccan Traps in India may finally provide some answers. The Deccan Traps are a huge region of India that was once a massive lava field. The intense volcanic activity that occurred tens of millions of years ago in this location was thought to be a plausible cause of the dinosaur extinction event. This latest batch of data suggests that's not the case.
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Did volcanoes make the dinosaur extinction even worse? originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 23:07:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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