Volcano Role in Dino Death Gets Mercury Boost
Jan 20, 2016•4 min
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Episode description
Researchers found a spike in mercury, which is produced by volcanoes, in ancient ocean sediments from southern France that span the time of the dinosaurs' mass extinction, lending support to the idea that massive eruptions played a role, in addition to the asteroid impact.
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