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To: xcamel
Read up on the Siberian Trapps - that’ll scare the hell out of you... notwithstanding it was caused by a meteor impact on the opposite side of the planet...

The cause of the Siberian Traps is far from certain. I think you are confusing them with the Deccan Traps of India. They, according to some scientists, *may* have been triggered by the K/T, 'dinosaur killer', asteroid impact on the opposite side of the world (Yucatan Peninsula).

31 posted on 12/30/2008 5:10:28 PM PST by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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To: ETL

Nope - they found the remains of a giant crator under (mostly) the ross ice shelf.


32 posted on 12/30/2008 5:15:00 PM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: xcamel

Actually, I think the Siberian Traps were, or may have been, the result of a ‘Mantle Plume’.


33 posted on 12/30/2008 5:15:15 PM PST by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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To: ETL; SunkenCiv; All

My bad. Of course, I meant the Deccan Trapps, not the Siberian, although I will not be surprised if they do eventually find an exterrestrial cause for the Siberian as well. The Siberian outflow was a lot larger than the very impressive Deccan, but being more than 3 times older it is harder to find a boloid signature. Of course, if something crashed into the Siberian Trapps area, it could have been completely covered up by the magma.


47 posted on 12/31/2008 12:05:59 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: ETL; xcamel
They, according to some scientists, *may* have been triggered by the K/T, 'dinosaur killer', asteroid impact on the opposite side of the world (Yucatan Peninsula).

Did volcanic eruptions kill the dinosaurs?

Note in particular the last paragraph. It's unlikely that the Deccan Traps were triggered by the Chicxulub impact; this is the first I've heard of a second impact hypothesis.

54 posted on 12/31/2008 9:48:08 AM PST by cogitator
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