Viluy traps

The Viluy trap is a large igneous province (LIP). It is located in eastern Siberia, just east of the more famous Siberian traps which erupted during the end of the Permian period causing the End-Permian mass extinction event (also known as the Great dying). In Siberia, these eruptions cause over a million square kilometers of basalt to form while rifting systems in Eastern Europe formed another million square kilometers of basaltic material.^[1]

Potential extinction

It first erupted during the Late Devonian period. It was long thought that the emplacement of these traps were a major contributor to the Late Devonian extinctions at the Frasnian–Famennian boundary. However the main eruptions occurred at an earlier date (366 ±5 to 381 ±5 Ma) than the extinction event while the secondary pulse occurred towards the end-Devonian.^[1]^[2]^[3] Also, the traps eruptions occurred alongside or at a similar time to two other LIPs, the Kola LIP located on the Kola Peninsula and the Pripyat–Dnieper–Donets (PDD) LIP located in Eastern Europe.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Percival, L. M. E.; Davies, J. H. F. L.; Schaltegger, U.; De Vleeschouwer, D.; Da Silva, A.-C.; Föllmi, K. B. (2018-06-22). "Precisely dating the Frasnian–Famennian boundary: implications for the cause of the Late Devonian mass extinction". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 9578. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-27847-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6014997.
^ Courtillot, Vincent; Kravchinsky, Vadim A.; Quidelleur, Xavier; Renne, Paul R.; Gladkochub, Dmitry P. (2010-12-01). "Preliminary dating of the Viluy traps (Eastern Siberia): Eruption at the time of Late Devonian extinction events?". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 300 (3): 239–245. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.045. ISSN 0012-821X.
^ Ricci, J.; Quidelleur, X.; Pavlov, V.; Orlov, S.; Shatsillo, A.; Courtillot, V. (2013-09-15). "New 40Ar/39Ar and K–Ar ages of the Viluy traps (Eastern Siberia): Further evidence for a relationship with the Frasnian–Famennian mass extinction". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 386: 531–540. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.020. ISSN 0031-0182.
^ Smart, Matthew S.; Filippelli, Gabriel; Gilhooly, William P.; Ozaki, Kazumi; Reinhard, Christopher T.; Marshall, John E. A.; Whiteside, Jessica H. (2023-11-29). "The expansion of land plants during the Late Devonian contributed to the marine mass extinction". Communications Earth & Environment. 4 (1): 449. doi:10.1038/s43247-023-01087-8. hdl:1805/38505. ISSN 2662-4435.

[:0-1] Percival, L. M. E.; Davies, J. H. F. L.; Schaltegger, U.; De Vleeschouwer, D.; Da Silva, A.-C.; Föllmi, K. B. (2018-06-22). "Precisely dating the Frasnian–Famennian boundary: implications for the cause of the Late Devonian mass extinction". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 9578. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-27847-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6014997.

[2] Courtillot, Vincent; Kravchinsky, Vadim A.; Quidelleur, Xavier; Renne, Paul R.; Gladkochub, Dmitry P. (2010-12-01). "Preliminary dating of the Viluy traps (Eastern Siberia): Eruption at the time of Late Devonian extinction events?". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 300 (3): 239–245. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.045. ISSN 0012-821X.

[3] Ricci, J.; Quidelleur, X.; Pavlov, V.; Orlov, S.; Shatsillo, A.; Courtillot, V. (2013-09-15). "New 40Ar/39Ar and K–Ar ages of the Viluy traps (Eastern Siberia): Further evidence for a relationship with the Frasnian–Famennian mass extinction". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 386: 531–540. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.020. ISSN 0031-0182.

[4] Smart, Matthew S.; Filippelli, Gabriel; Gilhooly, William P.; Ozaki, Kazumi; Reinhard, Christopher T.; Marshall, John E. A.; Whiteside, Jessica H. (2023-11-29). "The expansion of land plants during the Late Devonian contributed to the marine mass extinction". Communications Earth & Environment. 4 (1): 449. doi:10.1038/s43247-023-01087-8. hdl:1805/38505. ISSN 2662-4435.

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