Percival Lab

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ERC Starting Grant · 2024

Unravelling the history of underSEA oceanic plateau VOLCanism and its environmental impact in Earth’s past

Oceanic plateaus are amongst the largest geological phenomena on Earth, and their undersea volcanic formation had profound environmental effects, such as climate warming and ocean anoxia. Whilst huge progress has been made to link their land-based counterparts, continental flood basalt provinces, with climate change and mass extinctions, oceanic plateaus have been comparatively understudied due to their limited accessibility and relatively benign ecological impact. Yet, plateau volcanism triggered severe climatic and environmental disruption, but the precise mechanism(s) by which they influenced the Earth’s surface are unclear. Further, most known oceanic plateaus formed in the Cretaceous,…

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