Essays Tagged: "Deccan Traps"
Humans Extinct? Can it be?
d The Volcano Greenhouse Theory. This theory states that a chain of volcanoes in India, called 'the Deccan Traps', released vast quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into earth's atmosphere ... came in balance with the earth. (McLean, 1985, p.1) Then a time of volcanic activity arrived as the Deccan Traps of the late Cretaceous Period erupted and the pieces had almost all fallen in place for ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
A short introduction to the study of the extinction of the dinosaurs
ous/Tertiary boundary, one of the greatest volcanic eruptions of all time was going on, forming the Deccan Traps of western India. The Deccan Traps are basaltic deposits, as are the eruptions of Kilau ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Evidence That Dinosaurs Died Because Of An Asteroid Collision With Earth
vels of volcanic eruptions. Near the end of the Cretaceous, India had vast lava flows, known as the Deccan Traps. These lava flows covered an area the size of France. The Deccan Traps were the outcome ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
Volcanoes: a geologic wonder
ent. The idea behind most theories is that there was a massive eruption known as a basalt flood.The Deccan Traps main eruptions 65 millions years ago coincided with a build up of volcanic carbon dioxi ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences