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Deccan Traps

geological formation, India

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Cretaceous Period

  • Cretaceous paleogeography
    In Cretaceous Period: Mass extinction

    …lava, known as the Deccan Traps, occurred in India during the latest Cretaceous. Some paleontologists believe that the carbon dioxide that accompanied these flows created a global greenhouse effect that greatly warmed the planet. Others note that tectonic plate movements caused a major rearrangement of the world’s landmasses, particularly during…

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theories about cause of the K–T extinction

  • marine family diversity
    In K–T extinction

    …of lava, known as the Deccan Traps, occurred in India at the end of the Cretaceous. Some paleontologists believe that the carbon dioxide that accompanied these flows created a global greenhouse effect that greatly warmed the planet. Others note that tectonic plate movements caused a major rearrangement of the world’s…

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