Triggering of the Largest Deccan Eruptions by the Chicxulub Impact

Mark A Richards1, Walter Alvarez2, Stephen Self3, Leif Karlstrom4, Paul R Renne5, Michael Manga3, Courtney Jean Sprain6, Jan Smit7, Loÿc Vanderkluysen8 and Sally A Gibson9, (1)University of California Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States, (5)Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, United States, (6)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, United States, (7)VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (8)Drexel University, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (9)University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom