The Largest Volcanoes in History – Mantle Plumes explained

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Flood Basalt eruptions are the largest lava eruptions in the history of this planet. In this video you will find out what causes these cataclysmic eruptions and what they mean for the evolution of life on earth.

SOURCES (papers):
Siberian Traps:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09620-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00083-9
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51646628
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222296411
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/348/6231/229
https://www.pnas.org/content/111/15/5462.full
https://www.pnas.org/content/111/9/3316.full
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d74e9c4c2f85996d16a562/t/56dc9f5327d4bd867dd90988/1457299288021/Black_2015_GSABull.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327404155
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317210989

Large Igneous Provinces (in general):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51646628
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272774015
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018217302857?via%3Dihub
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319401075
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290452882
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/241/4866/663/tab-pdf
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1028334X16040164
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article/125/7-8/1053/125896/large-igneous-provinces-and-silicic-large-igneous

Mantle Plumes:
https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/stories/przeglad/pdf/pg_2004_08_2_20a.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250967231_A_case_for_mantle_plumes
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-4-431-55360-1_5

Ontong Java:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170101204714/http://www3.nd.edu/~icpmslab/pdfs/OJP_Paper.pdf
http://www.largeigneousprovinces.org/sites/default/files/06TaylorOJMHP.pdf

Mass Extinctions:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018216306915#tf0005
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ter.12086
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288489779
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987113001138
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-27847-7
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180605103437.htm
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/46/6/543/530692/
https://www.pnas.org/content/107/15/6555
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05524-5
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818112000082?via%3Dihub

SOURCES (Articles):
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-mysterious-hawaiian-emperor-chain.html
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-evidence-plume-beneath-yellowstone-national.html
https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/09/02/ct-scan-of-earth-links-deep-mantle-plumes-with-volcanic-hotspots/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/3/130321-triassic-mass-extinction-volcano-paleontology-science/
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history/2019/02/what-actually-killed-dinosaurs-volcanic-clues-heat-debate
https://www.livescience.com/41909-new-clues-permian-mass-extinction.html
http://news.mit.edu/2015/siberian-traps-end-permian-extinction-0916
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/science/new-studies-of-permian-extinction-shed-light-on-the-great-dying.html
https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/flood_basalts_1
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dueling-dates-volcanic-eruption-debate-dinosaurs-death

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