When Life Returned After a Volcanic Mass Extinction
Friday, April 8, 2016 - 18:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In the April 6 issue of the journal Nature Communications, 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.