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Asteroid Impacts Cause Volcanoes to Erupt on the Opposite Side of the Planet
The worst mass extinction event on the planet, called the Permian Triassic extinction event, was caused by the eruption of several million cubic kilometers of lava at the Siberian Traps. However, these volcanoes may have an unexpected origin, an asteroid impact. On the exact opposite side of the planet, the large Wilkes Land Crater exists right at the antipode of where the Siberian Traps began. This video will discuss the theory that certain flood basalt volcanoes originated from large asteroid or comet impacts.
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Thumbnail Photo Credit: J. D. Griggs, USGS, Public Domain
0:00 An Ancient Cataclysm
0:17 Permian Triassic Extinction
1:02 Antipodes
1:35 An Example on Mercury
2:06 Chicxulub Impact Crater
2:49 How Impacts Trigger Volcanic Eruptions
Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google
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