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 ...

and challenges the dominant theory that a meteorite impact was the sole cause of the extinction. Pictured above are the Deccan Traps near Mahabaleshwar, India.

The event, one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth's history, is thought to have spanned hundreds of thousands of years and occurred in prolonged pulses, giving rise to the Deccan Traps ...

New evidence has been found the support the theory that a series of volcanic eruptions in the Deccan Traps might have triggered Earth’s mass extinction 66 million years ago. Volcanoes ...