By sampling the layers between layers of the Deccan Traps flood basalt ... one of which began just before the mass extinction that killed the (non-avian) dinosaurs. From left: Valentin Sordet ...

For decades, paleontologists have debated what ultimately stamped non-avian dinosaurs ... from India’s Deccan Traps was the ...

It has long been known that, in the final age of the land and sea dinosaurs, Earth was a geologically active place, not least around the Deccan Traps. A huge ... ‘We also know that there was a mass ...

The research team say that the lava spews from the Deccan Traps volcanoes that ... plausible explanation for the extinction is the impact winter that eradicated dinosaur habitats worldwide.' ...

Ancient volcanic activity in the Deccan Traps of West-Central India is thought to have played a crucial role in the extinction of dinosaurs, according to recent research. The expansive plateau ...

Adding to the chaos was the formation of the Deccan Traps, one of the planet's largest volcanic ... birds became the dominant animals in the skies and the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs allowed ...

Immense lava flows cover nearly 200,000 square miles of the Deccan region of India ... at least 500,000 years leading up to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Rare Metal The metal iridium, which ...

The Deccan Traps eruptions slightly postdate the calamitous demise of the dinosaurs at the end of ... of Mexico as the cause of this mass extinction. But (the reasoning goes) couldn't that impact ...

Part of the debate about what really killed the dinosaurs has to do with ... to trigger the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. Although the Deccan Traps were probably erupting for 250,000 ...

Caption This is a map showing the extent of the Deccan Traps volcanic region in India, which dates from 64-67 million years ago. The rectangle shows the region near Mumbai from which the Berkeley ...

Researchers on Monday announced that the "grandmother" grape of all grapes originated in what is now Latin America − and as a result of the dinosaurs' extinction about 66 million years ago.