2021•Science AdvancesOpen access
Felsic volcanism as a factor driving the end-Permian mass extinction
Hua Zhang, Feifei Zhang, Jiubin Chen, Douglas H. Erwin, Drew D. Syverson, Pei Ni, Michael R. Rampino, Zhe Chi, Yao-feng Cai, Lei Xiang, Weiqiang Li, Sheng‐Ao Liu, Rucheng Wang, Xiangdong Wang, Zhuo Feng, Hou-min Li, Ting Zhang, Hongming Cai, Wang Zheng, Ying Cui, Xiangkun Zhu, Zengqian Hou, Fu‐Yuan Wu, Yi‐Gang Xu, Noah J. Planavsky, Shu‐zhong Shen
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Abstract
injections and argue that this volcanism would have produced several degrees of rapid cooling before or coincident with the more protracted global warming. Large-scale eruptions near the South China block synchronous with the EPME strengthen the case that the STLIP may not have been the sole trigger.