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Mega volcanism indicted in dinosaur demise

Dating places climate-altering Deccan eruptions during mass extinction

Deccan Traps

LOST WORLD  The massive volcanic eruptions that formed the Deccan Traps rock formation (shown) in Western India may have helped bring down the dinosaurs, new dating suggests. 

Blair Schoene

By Thomas Sumner

- More than 2 years ago

New dating of a colossal series of volcanic outpourings bolsters the idea that the Chicxulub asteroid impact had help in wiping out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.