Intense and widespread seismicity during the end-Triassic mass extinction due to emplacement of a large igneous province

Sofie Lindström; Gunver Krarup Pedersen; Bas van de  Schootbrugge; Katrine Hovedskov Hansen; Natascha  Kuhlmann; Jean  Thein; Leif Johansson; Henrik Ingermann Petersen; Carl  Alwmark; Karen Dybkjær; Rikke Weibel; Mikael  Erlström; Lars Henrik Nielsen; Wolfgang  Oschmann; Christian Tegner

doi:10.1130/g36444.1

Intense and widespread seismicity during the end-Triassic mass extinction due to emplacement of a large igneous province

Sofie Lindström, Gunver Krarup Pedersen, Bas van de Schootbrugge, Katrine Hovedskov Hansen, Natascha Kuhlmann, Jean Thein, Leif Johansson, Henrik Ingermann Petersen, Carl Alwmark, Karen Dybkjær, Rikke Weibel, Mikael Erlström, Lars Henrik Nielsen, Wolfgang Oschmann, Christian Tegner

Geology

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Abstract

Multiple levels of earthquake-induced soft-sediment deformations (seismites) are concentrated in the end-Triassic mass extinction interval across Europe. The repetitive nature of the seismites rules out an origin by an extraterrestrial impact. Instead, this intense seismic activity is linked to the formation of the Central Atlantic magmatic province (CAMP). By the earliest Jurassic the seismic activity had ceased, while extrusive volcanism still continued and biotic recovery was on its way. This suggests that magmatic intrusions into sedimentary strata during early stages of CAMP formation caused emission of gases (SO2, halocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) that may have played a major part in the biotic crisis.

Original language	English
Journal	Geology
Volume	43
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	387-390
ISSN	0091-7613
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1130/g36444.1
Publication status	Published - 19 Mar 2015

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Lindström, S., Pedersen, G. K., Schootbrugge, B. V. D., Hansen, K. H., Kuhlmann, N., Thein, J., Johansson, L., Petersen, H. I., Alwmark, C., Dybkjær, K., Weibel, R., Erlström, M., Nielsen, L. H., Oschmann, W., & Tegner, C. (2015). Intense and widespread seismicity during the end-Triassic mass extinction due to emplacement of a large igneous province. Geology, 43(5), 387-390. https://doi.org/10.1130/g36444.1

Lindström, S, Pedersen, GK, Schootbrugge, BVD, Hansen, KH, Kuhlmann, N, Thein, J, Johansson, L, Petersen, HI, Alwmark, C, Dybkjær, K, Weibel, R, Erlström, M, Nielsen, LH, Oschmann, W & Tegner, C 2015, 'Intense and widespread seismicity during the end-Triassic mass extinction due to emplacement of a large igneous province', Geology, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 387-390. https://doi.org/10.1130/g36444.1

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