Re: The Permian-Triassic Extinction

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

David Marjanovic wrote:

> The drop would require sulfate aerosols, and these would require explosive 
> volcanism -- that's the >opposite of effusive volcanism which by definition 
> must have produced the traps.

It's not just flood basalts; there's pyroclastic deposits too.  So it was 
explosive, not just effusive.

> At least the supposed craters aren't published yet.

I thought the Bedout crater had been published on.

Cheers

Tim

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