Entries from March 2006

March 19, 2006

A Tale of Two Plumes: Flood Volcanisms, Mass Extinctions and Meteorite Impacts at 65 and 250 Million Years Ago

Join University of Chicago Alums from Western New York for an intellectually stimulating presentation by Asish R. Basu, Ph.D.
Two huge volcanic eras, one 65 million years ago in India and the other 250 million years ago in Siberia, were caused by plumes from the earth’s core. They also coincided with two of the [...]

March 19, 2006

Another day . . . another look . . .

Just trying out a new theme as the previous one just wasn't working well in presenting all the information that we wanted. As I now have a professional blogging account elsewhere, I may be moving this blog to get more control over how it works. But for now, I'll just keep trying these [...]