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Rated by Participant: 901555E0E7B5289FD71C51D1411246180B963D87AD838ABD2F6AECF2FCA259B2
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Large-scale volcanism was proposed a decade before the impact and many geologists today find strong evidence that it is a key cause of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/dinosaurs-ancient-fossils/extinction/deccan-traps-volcanoes https://www.science.org/content/article/did-volcanic-eruptions-help-kill-dinosaurs https://massextinction.princeton.edu/deccan-volcanism/volcanism-and-impact-hypotheses-collide https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/04/30/did-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-trigger-largest-lava-flows-on-earth https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825200000374 Luis Alvarez was not an outsider; the discovery was made with his son, a prominent geologist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Alvarez
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