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Linking mantle plumes, large igneous provinces and environmental catastrophes

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  • Stephan V. Sobolev

    (Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg
    O.Yu. Schmidt Institute of the Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, 10 ul. B. Gruzinskaya, Moscow, 123995, Russia)

  • Alexander V. Sobolev

    (ISTerre, CNRS, University Joseph Fourier, Maison des Géosciences, 1381 rue de la Piscine, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
    Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 27 J.-J.-Becher-Weg
    V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19 ul. Kosygina, Moscow, 119991, Russia)

  • Dmitry V. Kuzmin

    (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 27 J.-J.-Becher-Weg
    V. S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 prosp. Akad. Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia)

  • Nadezhda A. Krivolutskaya

    (V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19 ul. Kosygina, Moscow, 119991, Russia)

  • Alexey G. Petrunin

    (Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg
    O.Yu. Schmidt Institute of the Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, 10 ul. B. Gruzinskaya, Moscow, 123995, Russia)

  • Nicholas T. Arndt

    (ISTerre, CNRS, University Joseph Fourier, Maison des Géosciences, 1381 rue de la Piscine, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France)

  • Viktor A. Radko

    (Limited Liability Company ‘Norilskgeologiya’ Norilsk, PO Box 889, 663330, Russia)

  • Yuri R. Vasiliev

    (V. S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 prosp. Akad. Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia)

Abstract

The geology of large-scale volcanism The Siberian Traps, a large region of volcanic rock produced more than 200 million years ago by a massive volcanic event, is a prime example of a large igneous province (LIP). Stephan Sobolev and colleagues present petrological evidence for a large amount of dense recycled oceanic crust in the head of the plume that was responsible for forming the Siberian Traps. Using this, they develop a thermomechanical model that predicts the observed lack of pre-magmatic uplift or lithospheric extension in the region. The model also indicates that massive degassing of carbon dioxide and hydrogen chloride from the plume could alone trigger a mass extinction, and predicts it happening before the main volcanic phase, in agreement with stratigraphic and geochronological data for the Siberian Traps and other LIPs.

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  • Stephan V. Sobolev & Alexander V. Sobolev & Dmitry V. Kuzmin & Nadezhda A. Krivolutskaya & Alexey G. Petrunin & Nicholas T. Arndt & Viktor A. Radko & Yuri R. Vasiliev, 2011. "Linking mantle plumes, large igneous provinces and environmental catastrophes," Nature, Nature, vol. 477(7364), pages 312-316, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:477:y:2011:i:7364:d:10.1038_nature10385
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10385
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    2. Shiwen Li & Yabin Li & Yanhui Zhang & Zikun Zhou & Junhao Guo & Aihua Weng, 2023. "Remnant of the late Permian superplume that generated the Siberian Traps inferred from geomagnetic data," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-7, December.
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