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Intense and widespread seismicity during the end-Triassic mass extinction due to emplacement of a large igneous province

Lindstrom, Sofie ; Pedersen, Gunver Krarup ; van de Schootbrugge, Bas ; Hansen, Katrine Hovedskov ; Kuhlmann, Natascha ; Thein, Jean ; Johansson, Leif LU ; Petersen, Henrik Ingermann ; Alwmark, Carl LU and Dybkjaer, Karen , et al. (2015) In Geology 43(5). p.387-390
Abstract
Multiple levels of earthquake-induced soft-sediment deformations (seismites) are concentrated in the end-Triassic mass extinction interval across Europe. The repetitive nature of the seismites rules out an origin by an extraterrestrial impact. Instead, this intense seismic activity is linked to the formation of the Central Atlantic magmatic province (CAMP). By the earliest Jurassic the seismic activity had ceased, while extrusive volcanism still continued and biotic recovery was on its way. This suggests that magmatic intrusions into sedimentary strata during early stages of CAMP formation caused emission of gases (SO2, halocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) that may have played a major part in the biotic crisis.
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Geology
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43
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5
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387 - 390
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Geological Society of America
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0091-7613
DOI
10.1130/G36444.1
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English
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  abstract     = {{Multiple levels of earthquake-induced soft-sediment deformations (seismites) are concentrated in the end-Triassic mass extinction interval across Europe. The repetitive nature of the seismites rules out an origin by an extraterrestrial impact. Instead, this intense seismic activity is linked to the formation of the Central Atlantic magmatic province (CAMP). By the earliest Jurassic the seismic activity had ceased, while extrusive volcanism still continued and biotic recovery was on its way. This suggests that magmatic intrusions into sedimentary strata during early stages of CAMP formation caused emission of gases (SO2, halocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) that may have played a major part in the biotic crisis.}},
  author       = {{Lindstrom, Sofie and Pedersen, Gunver Krarup and van de Schootbrugge, Bas and Hansen, Katrine Hovedskov and Kuhlmann, Natascha and Thein, Jean and Johansson, Leif and Petersen, Henrik Ingermann and Alwmark, Carl and Dybkjaer, Karen and Weibel, Rikke and Erlstrom, Mikael and Nielsen, Lars Henrik and Oschmann, Wolfgang and Tegner, Christian}},
  issn         = {{0091-7613}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{387--390}},
  publisher    = {{Geological Society of America}},
  series       = {{Geology}},
  title        = {{Intense and widespread seismicity during the end-Triassic mass extinction due to emplacement of a large igneous province}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G36444.1}},
  doi          = {{10.1130/G36444.1}},
  volume       = {{43}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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