May 18, 2005 (v1)
Journal article
The peak activities of continental flood basalts are currently considered as huge and brief (1 m.y.) magmatic events, with strong implications for geodynamics and biotic turnover. New 40Ar/39Ar dates on the Karoo flood basalts (southern Africa) show a longer duration of magmatism (8 m.y., with 6 m.y. for the main volume) with an apparent...
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