Volcanic Eruptions Blamed For Early-Middle Cambrian Extinction

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Australia's deadly eruptions were reason for the

first mass extinction, Curtin University, Science Daily

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140530124327.htm

http://phys.org/news/2014-05-kimberley-mass-extinction-complex-life.html

Jourdan, F., K. Hodges, B. Sell, U. Schaltegger,

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Haines, D. Phillips, T. Blenkinsop. High-precision

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Australia, and synchrony with the Early-Middle

Cambrian (Stage 4-5) Extinction. Geology. vol. 42,

no. 6, pp. 543-546. http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2014/04/22/G35434.1.abstract

Yous,

Paul H.