VOLCANO MADNESS: Re: [Geology2] World's Largest Extinction Explained by World's Largest Volcanic Eruption

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Re: [Geology2] World's Largest Extinction Explained by World's Largest Volcanic Eruption

Land that was once below the sea often ends up on dry land.

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Dean Seeley <wholead@yahoo.com> wrote:

While true this eruption event was laandlocked i believe. Or was the area submerged at some point in the distant paast, prior to the eruption?

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Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:18:05 pm
To: geology2@yahoogroups.com
From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Geology2] World's Largest Extinction Explained by World's Largest Volcanic Eruption

Most coal comes from marine life, not land-based life.

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Dean Seeley <wholead@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Fascinating! Now I wonder if there was enough coal in the areaa 250 million
> years ago to get tht effect. Had life been around long enough - swamps and
> that sort of coal precursor - to make enough carbon to create the coal? The
> planet has been around a long time. Hmmm...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:59:01 pm
> To: "Geology2" <geology2@yahoogroups.com <geology2%40yahoogroups.com>>
> From: "Lin Kerns" <linkerns@gmail.com <linkerns%40gmail.com>>
> Subject: [Geology2] World's Largest Extinction Explained by World's Largest
> Volcanic Eruption
>
> World's Largest Extinction Explained by World's Largest Volcanic Eruption
>
> Published January 23, 2011
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> [image: The shores of Buchanan Lake, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, where
> researchers have discovered sediments deposited shortly after the worst
> extinction even