Friday, April 8, 2016

When life returned after a volcanic mass extinction

A new study used fossils and mercury isotopes from volcanic gas deposited in ancient proto-Pacific Ocean sediment deposits in Nevada to determine when life recovered following the end-Triassic mass extinction 201.5 million years ago.

from Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1VEEvBQ
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